How to enter a rest
- Ensure that you are in note input mode by either (1) pressing N or (2) clicking the "N" icon on the left of the note input toolbar (both methods toggle between on and off). ...
- Click on a note duration in the toolbar equal to the duration of the desired rest. ...
- Press "0" on your keyboard.
How do you add a rest?
To Sum Up
- Write rests that equal ONE BEAT and place them ON the beat (not between the beats).
- Always combine rests that equal TWO, THREE or FOUR beats into longer rests, but ONLY if they fall on the strong beat of the bar. ...
- If a rest follows a note which is less than one beat, FINISH that beat first.
How do I get out of rest mode in Musescore?
You can delete rests from voices 2, 3 and 4. You cannot delete voice 1 rests. Music is either sound or silence. You can replace rests (silence) with notes (sound), you can remove sound (select note and press the del key) and get silence, but you cannot remove silence.