A Whole Rest in 4/2 Time is used to create silence for the last two Basic Beats - Beats 3 and 4 (M + w). In 4/2 time, a Whole Rest is used to create silence for the first two Basic Beats - Beats 1 and 2 (S + w).
#WHATS A WHOLE REST PLUS#
When you follow the rules of the Pulses, and write in the Plus and Tilde Signs and the Scoops (even on Exams!), your students will be successful. Use the Ultimate Music Theory Image Mnemonic devices to work through any tricky Time Signatures. Okay, so that is not exactly how it was made - but they don't forget that a Breve Rest is used for a Whole Measure of silence in 4/2 time! UMT Whole Rest in 4/2 Time Tip #3 - Use Scoops, Basic Beats and Pulses! So, we take two Whole Rests, turn them sideways and smush them together to form the Breve Rest: I like to tell my students that, since a Whole Rest in 4/2 time has to be used for half a measure of silence, we can't use it for a whole measure of silence too. So, what is a Breve Rest? A Breve Rest is a Double Whole Rest. The exception to the rule is 4/2 time in which a Breve Rest fills the whole measure. We still teach that a Whole Rest fills an entire measure of silence in ANY Time Signature. The Whole Rest Rule is now expanded as their understanding of the Basic Beat has expanded. In Basic Rudiments, after learning about Simple Duple, Simple Triple and Simple Quadruple Time, we now know that the Basic Beat can be notes other than a Quarter Note. UMT Whole Rest in 4/2 Time Tip #2: Teach the one exception in Basic Rudiments. At this level, students are only familiar with a Quarter Note Basic Beat, so it is not necessary to confuse them with the "Whole Rest Exception" (since they don't understand yet that anything other than a Quarter Note can be the Basic Beat). Why? This type of teaching is called a Step-Stone Method - students learn one step at a time. On in the Preparatory Workbook, we teach that a Whole Rest fills an entire measure of silence in ANY Time Signature.Īt this level, it is perfectly correct to explain the Whole Rest Concept this way. (I often hear from the school teachers how my young beginner piano students really "get" Math.) I like to draw 4 whole pies on the back of my Whiteboard and use Note Values to pre-teach Math Fractions. Sounds mathematically logical, right? And for beginner theory students, it is correct to explain it this way. An Eighth Note equals 1/2 a beat an Eighth Rest equals 1/2 a beat of silence.A Quarter Note equals 1 beat a Quarter Rest equals 1 beat of silence.A Half Note equals 2 beats a Half Rest equals 2 beats of silence.A Whole Note equals 4 beats a Whole Rest equals 4 beats of silence.Therefore, based on that mathematical equation: In Preparatory Theory, we learn that when the Time Signature has "4" on the bottom, a Quarter Note equals one beat. UMT Whole Rest in 4/2 Time Tip #1: Start with only what they need to know.
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