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However, on staves with multiple voices, rests are placed higher on the staff, or above the staff,

for up-stem voices and lower on the staff, or below the staff, for down-stem voices.

Example rest positions in a multiple-voice context

Rests in multiple voices must not overlap. You can consolidate rests so that only one is shown

when multiple voices have a rest of the same duration at the same rhythmic position.

The precise vertical positioning of rests is limited, as their detailed shapes require specic

positions relative to staff lines and staff spaces.

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Deleting rests on page 776

Turning explicit rests into implicit rests on page 775

Implicit vs. explicit rests

Implicit rests are automatically shown between the notes you input, and their duration

automatically follows the time signature and their position in the bar. Explicit rests are rests that

are explicitly entered during note input by forcing their duration, or rests that were imported

from a MusicXML

le.

Dorico SE notates implicit rests according to the current time signature, for example, different

implicit rests are shown in 6/8 compared to 4/4. This also applies if you later change the time

signature for existing notes and rests.

Therefore, it is not necessary to input rests in Dorico SE, as implicit rests are automatically shown

around the notes that you input. You can turn implicit rests into explicit rests by forcing their

duration to be xed.

A quarter note input at the fourth eighth note of the

bar in a 6/8 time signature has a dotted quarter

implicit rest at the start of the bar.

A quarter note input at the fourth eighth note of the

bar in a 4/4 time signature has two implicit rests, a

quarter and an eighth, at the start of the bar.

Explicit rests cannot be suppressed when using the Starts voice and Ends voice properties to

hide rests before the rst note in voices and after the last note in voices.

You can show rest colors to see which rests are implicit and which are explicit in your project.