ABSTRACT
A rest is a musical notation that indicates silence; we don't make sound during a rest. A tie binds two notes together so that the second one is added to the value of the first and is not articulated. In order to begin a half-note on beat 4 of m. 3, it is necessary to tie one quarter-note to another across the bar line because a proper half-note on beat 4 would result in there being five beats in that measure. Similarly, the tie into the downbeat of m. 5 creates a note that is equivalent to a dotted quarter-note, but doesn’t violate the meter. Finally, ties are used when a note value would otherwise obscure beat 3 in a quadruple meter.
