A little more context: > “To explicitly specify a rest’s vertical position, write a note followed > by \rest.” > While this is a useful thing to know about, I don't personally believe it's a > best practice: it mixes content with presentation, it doesn't play well with > \transpose, etc.
Consider, for example, the following two snippets: \transpose c f \voices 1,2 << { \tweak Y-offset 1 r8 b e' d' } \\ { g16^1 f^2 g a } >> \transpose c f \voices 1,2 << { c''8\rest b e' d' } \\ { g16^1 f^2 g a } >> Cheers, Kieren.