Do you mean something like this?
\score{
\context GrandStaff = gs \notes \relative c''<
\context Staff=aa {s1}
\context Staff=bb {s1*3}
\context Staff=cc {s1}
\context Staff=aa {a1 a \break
<{a a} \context Staff=bb {b b}>}
\context Staff=cc {c1 c c c}
>
\paper{
\tra
I'd like to include an ossia (alternate part) in a piece. The piece
normally has two staffs, and I'd like to have an alternate staff between
the two staffs. However, Lilypond puts the alternate staff at the
bottom of the staffs:
bb
(see example)
I'd like it to look like this: