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Anonymous
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| posted: 8/7/2013 at 8:38:33 PM ET
Hi. Can you tell me why there is a 1/4 note rest above the whole note in the left hand. Then there are 3 more quarter notes. The whole note is held down with the little finger while the other quarter notes are played with the the other fingers. I just don't understand the rest above the whole note other than it goes with the other quarter notes. Is that just the way Dan Coates wrote the arrangement of Somewhere Over the Rainbow? It doesn't seem to change the counting? Thanks for your help. 
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Anonymous
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| posted: 8/9/2013 at 3:51:20 PM ET
It's just a formality of writing. The whole note sustains through the entire measure (probably played with your pinky?) while your other fingers rest on beat one, then play three quarter notes.
Think of it as two different instruments - the cello holds a note for 4 beats. The viola rests, then plays on beats 2 3 and 4.
The whole note with quarter rest is a way of showing the two voices at the same time.
Hope this helps!
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Anonymous
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| posted: 8/9/2013 at 3:52:04 PM ET
It's just a formality of writing. The whole note sustains through the entire measure (probably played with your pinky?) while your other fingers rest on beat one, then play three quarter notes.
Think of it as two different instruments - the cello holds a note for 4 beats. The viola rests, then plays on beats 2 3 and 4.
The whole note with quarter rest is a way of showing the two voices at the same time. You're right, it doesn't change the counting.
Hope this helps!
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