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Skips

An invisible rest, or skip, can be entered like a note with note name `s':

a2 s4 a4 s1 a4

Actually, this is a shorthand for the \skip command, and it is only available in Note mode and Chord mode.

In Lyrics mode, you can use `" "' and `_':

<
  \context Lyrics \lyrics { lah2 di4 " " dah2 _4 di }
  \notes\relative c'' { a2 a4 a a2 a4 a }
>

The unabbreviated `\skip duration' also works outside of note mode:

\score {
  \context Staff <
    { \time 4/8 \skip 2 \time 4/4 }
    \notes\relative c'' { a2 a1 }
  >
}

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