This may be obvious to some, but I've found this construction helpful while working on parallel pieces of music, and I thought I'd share:
\version "2.23.80" upper = \relative c' { c4 d e f | } lower = << \skip \upper \relative c { f e % still being worked on } >> \score { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff = "upper" \upper \new Staff = "lower" \lower >> } And when the second part is complete, the `<< \skip \upper` and `>>` can be removed. —Joel