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#### 6.1.6 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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