#### 3.15.3 Ancient rests

Use the `style` property of grob Rest to select ancient accidentals. Supported styles are `classical`, `neo_mensural` and `mensural`. `classical` differs from the `default` style only in that the quarter rest looks like a horizontally mirrored 8th rest. The `neo_mensural` style suits well for e.g. the incipit of a transcribed mensural piece of music. The `mensural` style finally mimics the appearance of rests as in historic prints of the 16th century.

The following example demonstrates the `neo_mensural` style

>          \override Rest #'style = #'neo_mensural
>          r\longa r\breve r1 r2 r4 r8 r16

There are no 32th and 64th rests specifically for the mensural or neo-mensural style. Instead, the rests from the default style will be taken. See input/test/rests.ly for a chart of all rests.

There are no rests in Gregorian Chant notation; instead, it uses Divisiones.

##### See also

In this manual: Rests gives a general introduction into the use of rests.

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