This one threw me because I never thought of it before. I'm using Finale Songwriter to try to teach a fellow amateur band member a little bit of rhythm, using standard notation. At one point, when we we're still talking about 4/4 time, I carefully explain that a quarter note is not always going to be equal to a quarter measure because there aren't always going to be four quarter notes in a measure, and that for the same reason a half note is not always going to be equal to a half measure. I show him about rests, too, and why they are rhythmically just as important as notes. So then we get into 3/4 time, and—comparing it to 4/4 time—I explain why you can't have a whole note in 3/4 time—you can have only as much as a dotted half note. In fact, Finale won't let you enter a whole note in 3/4 time. Then I look at the next empty measure and I get this sinking feeling. There, in the middle of the measure, is a whole rest. Sure enough, my friend asks me, "Then how come you can have a whole rest in 3/4 time? How come you can't have only as much as a dotted half rest?" Has anyone ever seen or even heard of a dotted half rest? If not, then a whole rest really does equate to a whole measure, even in 3/4 time where a dotted half note equals a whole measure. Boy I didn't see this one coming. But maybe it's only my very sparing formal training. Have any of you guys ever heard of a dotted half rest? And if not, why not—when you come to think of it. I mean, I think there must be dotted half rests for some situations, . . . but for a whole measure in 3/4 time? I notice that Finale doesn't default to dotted half rests for empty measures when you select 3/4 time.