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Notation reference
Rests
Rests are markings with a rhythmic value that indicate no note is played for that duration. Each note duration has an equivalent rest, for example, a quarter note rest is different to a sixteenth note rest.
Hiding/Showing rest colors
You can hide/show rest colors, which causes implicit rests and explicit rests to appear with different colors.

Hiding/Showing rest colors

You can hide/show rest colors, which causes implicit rests and explicit rests to appear with different colors.

When rest colors are shown, rests in your project appear gray if they are implicit, and black if they are explicit. For example, this can be useful to help diagnose why rests do not disappear when you activate Starts voice and Ends voice, as these properties only hide implicit rests.

Procedure

Choose View > Note And Rest Colors > Implicit Rests.

Result

Rest colors are shown when a tick appears beside Implicit Rests in the menu, and hidden when no tick appears.

Example


Figure 1. Rests colored black, as they appear without implicit rests shown	Figure 2. Rests colored gray to indicate implicit rests

After Completing This Task

You can delete rests that you have identified as explicit rests. The implicit rests that replace them now respect the Starts voice and Ends voice properties.