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Node:Rests, Next:Skips, Previous:Pitches, Up:Note entry
Rests
A rest is entered like a note, with note name `r':
r1 r2 r4 r8
![[picture of music]](lily-257781468.png)
The grob is Rest
. Whole bar rests centered in the bar are
specified using R, see Multi measure rests.
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