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Originally Posted by Nay
I agree with LiveSimply that it is clearly there to ensure an 1/8th pause before the "bass" line kicks in...
However, we can't see the bar before it. Could it be there to specifically point out that you release the previous note?
For example, a quater note is commonly held down for quater of the bar, not just played for an 1/8th... So could this be potentially to make the player release for example a whole or half note from the bar before, which gives the rest more pronouciation... if I'm making sense...
I'm just trying to remember years of jazz piano from a long time ago...!
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I've never encountered this. If you wanted a note to cut off after 1/8th instead of 1/4 you'd just write the last note of the bar as a quaver and a quaver rest. the notation itself tells you how long to let any note ring for although stylistically I guess people can choose to follow the instruction rigidly or not. If you wanted it really abrupt, mark it as staccato.
A rest in the next bar won't have any impact on the current bar unless it is tied to a rest in the current bar
YMMV