Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Method 2: Counting compound meter—utilizing the divided beat as a pulse note

Rests

Rests in compound meter are given the same counts as their comparable notes. For example:

As we learned in Module 3, rests may be dotted, but they may not be tied. Composers frequently use two rests
to represent a dotted rest in order to maintain the grouping of three eighth notes. For example:

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