Hi Nick, thanks, I didn't know, that a second percent cancels the comment block!
There are normaly a lot of variables in my scores so I tried another thing: changing the range for all staves in one step. It works not so bad, but the problem is still the same: a lot of warnings - not all slur/ties are printed correct and the lyrics are displaced (because of skipped melismata?). myskip = { \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##t s1*12 % start in bar 12 \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##f s1 *3 % for 3 bars \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##t } Then you can put \myskip in any Staff (only in one) with << {\theMusic } { \myskip} >> % without the \\ between cheers Ewald _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user