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An invisible rest (also called a ‘skip’) can be entered like a
note with note name s
or with \skip
duration
a4 a4 s4 a4 \skip 1 a4
The s
syntax is only available in note mode and chord mode.
In other situations, for example, when entering lyrics, one must
use the \skip
command:
<< { a2 a2 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \skip 2 bla2 } >>
The skip command is merely an empty musical placeholder. It does not produce any output, not even transparent output.
The s
skip command does create Staff and
Voice when necessary, similar to note and rest
commands. For example, the following results in an empty staff.
{ s4 }
Snippets: Rhythms
Internals Reference: SkipMusic.
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