So, for music in 3/4 time (such as the Skater's Waltz mentioned above), the whole-rest would be only three quarter-notes long. The half-rest resembles the whole-rest, except it sits above the third staff line rather than hanging from the fourth line (staff lines are numbered starting from the bottom). Thus, the half-rest would be one and one-half notes long. This means that any melody note followed by a half-rest is considered to be the same tone as the preceding melody note but held for a shorter period of time. So, the second note in the melody is also the second note played when dancing, and the third note is also the third note played when skating. This applies to all melodies in 3/4 time. Furthermore, any note followed by a half-rest but not part of the original melody is called a counterpoint note. For example, if the original melody had been D-E-F-G then the half-rest would have been placed after the F note to signal that a counterpoint note follows: G-H-I-J. Finally, a note without a half-rest but instead followed by another note of the same value is called a plain note. So, the first note in the melody was E, the second note was D, and the third note was G. But now we come to the F note.