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Inputting rests on page 187
Inputting notes on page 161
Deleting rests on page 883
Forcing the duration of notes/rests on page 171
Turning explicit rests into implicit rests on page 882
Hiding/Showing rest colors on page 882
Implicit rests in multiple-voice contexts
In Dorico Elements, implicit rests are shown automatically to ll in rhythmic positions around
notes, including when there are multiple voices on the staff. However, in these contexts you
might want more control over when and where rests are shown.
Usually, rests or notes are shown for whole bars when voices contain at least one note in the bar.
This helps make the rhythmic position of every note in all voices in the bar immediately clear.
When there are multiple voices on a staff, implicit rests are shown in every bar in which there are
notes of any duration in more than one voice. However, there might be circumstances in which
you do not want to show rests either before the
rst note in a voice or after the last note in a
voice when there are multiple voices on the staff. For example, it can be useful to hide rests when
a voice is being used to show passing notes within a bar that otherwise contains a single melodic
line.
A second voice used to notate passing notes
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By default, Dorico Elements consolidates rests when multiple voices have rests of the same
duration at the same rhythmic position.
You can show multiple rests at individual rhythmic positions by changing the vertical position of
rests.
You can hide rests before the rst note in voices and after the last note in voices individually
by activating properties in the Properties panel. You can show rests that you have hidden by
deactivating the corresponding property. You can also delete rests from selected passages.
A phrase with multiple voices showing implicit rests. The same phrase without implicit rests.
Rests
Implicit vs. explicit rests
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12