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Supported styles are <code>classical</code>, <code>neomensural</code>, and <code>mensural</code>. <code>classical</code> differs from the <code>default</code> style only in that the quarter rest looks like a horizontally mirrored 8th rest. The <code>neomensural</code> style suits well for, e.g., the incipit of a transcribed mensural piece of music. The <code>mensural</code> style finally mimics the appearance of rests as in historic prints of the 16th century. <p>The following example demonstrates the <code>neomensural</code> style <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> \set Score.skipBars = ##t \override Rest #'style = #'neomensural r\longa r\breve r1 r2 r4 r8 r16 </pre> <p> <a href="../42/lily-ad4f94e6.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../42/lily-ad4f94e6.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>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. 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