Documentation · Duration

- · -*n Rests

- is one unit of silence. Longer rests take the same duration marks as notes.

  • A run of dashes, ----, is still ONE rest of one unit. The extra dashes are for lining columns up.
  • Four units of silence is -*4, or - _4, or - +3.

The same notes, plain and with rests between.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 d4 e4 f4 g4 c4 d4 e4 f4 g4

A run of dashes is one unit, however long.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 d4 e4

Three spellings of four units of silence.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 d4