6.1.9 Rests

Rests are entered like notes with the note name r

     
     r1 r2 r4 r8

Whole bar rests, centered in middle of the bar, must be done with multi-measure rests. They can be used for a single bar as well as many bars, and are discussed in Multi measure rests.

To explicitly specify a rest's vertical position, write a note followed by \rest. A rest will be placed in the position where the note would appear,

     
     a'4\rest d'4\rest

This makes manual formatting of polyphonic music much easier, since the automatic rest collision formatter will leave these rests alone.

See also

Program reference: Rest.

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