I guess that you use \lyricsto or \addlyrics to combine the lyrics with the music. In that case, the durations specified in the lyrics section are completely ignored, since each new syllable is matched to the next note of the music. From your question, it seems that the \skip is just handled as any syllable, so you could get the same result but save typing by using an underscore for each note you want to skip.
However, there are several alternatives. One such alternative is to remove the \lyricsto (or \addlyrics) and explicitly specify the duration of each syllable separately. In that case, the \skip commands will work normally as well. Another alternative is to insert \melisma and \melismaEnd in the music at the appropriate places, see the manual. Finally, you could divide your melody into several Voice contexts so you could use \lyricsto to match a section in the middle of a piece.
/Mats
Michael Kallas wrote:
Hi,
\skip requires a value, which seems to be completely ignored in \lyrics context. So I have to enter 14 times \skip 1 if I want to skip 14 notes with my lyrics. That is quite unhandy.
Best regards Michael Kallas
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