Yes, to affirm, you cannot simply place a rest on a bar unless there are accompanying notes - except if the bar has no notation you can place the rest on the very first beat of an empty bar, which will produce a semibreve rest (4 beats) for the entire bar - (presuming the time signature is 4/4).

As Matt pointed out, it's also helpful to advise exactly what version you are using.


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