## Quarter Rest

A quarter rest is the squiggle that means one beat of silence in common time.

It has no obvious logic to its shape, which is why everyone just learns it by sight. One quarter rest equals one quarter note of silence.


## How To Spot Quarter Rest

A zigzag symbol standing upright in the middle of the staff.


## Find It In Thirty Seconds

Find a quarter rest and play the bar it is in, counting all four beats aloud and lifting your hand cleanly on the rest.

Open any piece of sheet music on this site and do it now. Reading is a recognition skill, and recognition is built by finding things, not by reading about them.