41. The word simile (sometimes segue) indicates that a certain effect previously begun is to be continued, as e.g., staccato playing, pedalling, style of bowing in violin music, etc. The word segue is also occasionally used to show that an accompaniment figure (especially in orchestral music) is to be continued.
42. When some part is to rest for two or more measures several methods of notation are possible. A rest of two measures is usually indicated thus
. Three measures thus
. Four measures thus
. Rests of more than four measures are usually indicated in one of the following ways:
