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A thick horizontal bar with a number above it.
Also known as: Multiple rest, Bar count rest
A multi-bar rest replaces many empty bars with one thick bar and a number. It is written only in individual parts and never in a full score, because a conductor needs to see what everyone else is doing during the silence.
Replaces a run of empty bars with a single thick horizontal bar carrying the number of bars above it.
Contexts: Music
Appears in performing parts but not in a conductor's score, since the score must show what the other players are doing.
Contexts: Music
A thick horizontal bar spanning the staff with vertical caps at each end and a numeral printed above.