An invisible rest (also called a `skip') can be entered like a note
with note name `s
' or with \skip
duration
a4 a4 s4 a4 \skip 1 a4
The s
syntax is only available in note mode and chord mode. In
other situations, for example, when entering lyrics, you should use
the \skip
command
<< \relative { a'2 a1 } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \skip 2 bla1 } >>
The skip command is merely an empty musical placeholder. It does not produce any output, not even transparent output.
The s
skip command does create
Staff (lilypond-internals)
and
Voice (lilypond-internals)
when necessary, similar to note and rest
commands. For example, the following results in an empty staff.
{ s4 }
The fragment { \skip 4 }
would produce an empty page.
Program reference: SkipEvent (lilypond-internals) , SkipMusic (lilypond-internals) .
This page is for LilyPond-2.5.11 (development-branch).