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#### 7.7.3 Ancient rests

Use the `style` property of grob Rest to select ancient rests. Supported styles are `classical`, `neomensural`, and `mensural`. `classical` differs from the `default` style only in that the quarter rest looks like a horizontally mirrored 8th rest. The `neomensural` style suits well for, e.g., the incipit of a transcribed mensural piece of music. The `mensural` style finally mimics the appearance of rests as in historic prints of the 16th century.

The following example demonstrates the `neomensural` style

>          \set Score.skipBars = ##t
>          \override Rest #'style = #'neomensural
>          r\longa r\breve r1 r2 r4 r8 r16

There are no 32th and 64th rests specifically for the mensural or neo-mensural style. Instead, the rests from the default style will be taken. See `input/test/rests.ly` for a chart of all rests.

There are no rests in Gregorian Chant notation; instead, it uses Divisiones.

##### See also

In this manual: Rests gives a general introduction into the use of rests.

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