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Merging rests

When using multiple voices it is common to merge rests which occur in both parts. This can be accomplished using Merge_rests_engraver.

voiceA = \relative { d''4 r d2 | R1 | }
voiceB = \relative { fis'4 r g2 | R1 | }
\score {
  <<
    \new Staff \with {
      instrumentName = "unmerged"
    }
    <<
      \new Voice { \voiceOne \voiceA }
      \new Voice { \voiceTwo \voiceB }
    >>
    \new Staff \with {
      instrumentName = "merged"
      \consists Merge_rests_engraver
    }
    <<
      \new Voice { \voiceOne \voiceA }
      \new Voice { \voiceTwo \voiceB }
    >>
  >>
}

Setting the context property suspendRestMerging to #t allows for turning off rest merging temporarily.