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Mensural rests
Use the style property of grob Rest to select
ancient rests. Supported ancient styles are
neomensural, and mensural.
The following example demonstrates these styles:
\compressEmptyMeasures \override Rest.style = #'mensural r\longa^"mensural" r\breve r1 r2 r4 r8 r16 s \break \override Rest.style = #'neomensural r\longa^"neomensural" r\breve r1 r2 r4 r8 r16
![[image of music]](../6b/lily-a126e75a.png)
There are no 32nd and 64th rests specifically for the mensural or neo-mensural styles. Rests from the default style are used.
See also
Music Glossary: mensural notation.
Notation Reference: Rests.
Snippets: Ancient notation.
Known issues and warnings
The glyph for the maxima rest in mensural style is actually a perfect longa rest; use two (or three) longa rests to print a maxima rest. Longa rests are not grouped automatically, so have to be done manually by using pitched rests.
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