In music notation, an eighth rest is a pause in the music lasting for one-half of a beat, the same duration as an eighth note. It resembles a stylized number '7' drawn in the middle of the staff.

On the staff, an eighth rest looks something like this:


    /\                                                     
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  /|                 *-/                                   
-/-|/\----------------/------------------------------------
|  |  |              /                                     
|--|--|----------------------------------------------------
 \ |  |                                                    
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