Half-note rest: Also known as a half-rest or minim rest, this rest covers half of a 4/4 bar. It can be used to indicate that a moment's silence should occur at that point in a song. Full-note rest: Also known as a full-rest or maxim rest, this rest covers a whole 4/4 bar. It's half as long as a full sentence and can only be used at the beginning of a piece or between two main sections. A full rest is placed directly below the first note of the bass line on a five-line musical staff. It can be used to indicate that a moment of silence should occur at that point in a song. Between notes: Also called a punctuation mark, this rest falls on a sound that isn't part of a word but rather between two sounds. For example, if you were singing "happy birthday," there would be a pause after happy and before birthday. This could be represented by placing a minim rest over the two notes h-a-p-p-y and f-o-r-t-i-d-a-y. As you can see, there are several ways to represent a minim rest.