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PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the explicit rests you want to turn into implicit rests.
2. Press Backspace or Delete .
RESULT
The selected explicit rests are now implicit rests. You can check this by showing rest colors.
RELATED LINKS
Hiding/Showing rest colors on page 776
Deleting rests on page 776
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
Rests colored black, as they appear without implicit
rests shown
Rests colored gray to indicate implicit rests
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
You can delete rests that you have identied as explicit rests. The implicit rests that replace them
now respect the Starts voice and Ends voice properties.
Deleting rests
You can delete both implicit rests and explicit rests, for example, if you want to hide rests before/
after notes in another voice used to show passing notes.
NOTE
You cannot delete rests from unpitched percussion instruments.
Rests
Hiding/Showing rest colors
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