NR 2.1.2 states that "The \skip command must be followed by a number, but this number is ignored in lyrics which derive their durations from the notes in an associated melody through \addlyrics or \lyricsto. Each \skip skips a single note of any value, irrespective of the value of the following number."
Which means that right now you have to do << \new Voice = "foo" { b b b b b b b b } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \skip 1 blah4 } %% BUT: \new Lyrics \lyricsto "foo" { \repeat unfold 4 \skip 1 blah } >> I suggest that either \skip wouldn't require a number when in automatically-aligned \lyricsto mode, or that the number indicates the number of syllables to skip (rather than a duration), which would allow users not to use the \repeat unfold hack. (Granted, this looks like a GLISS discussion.) GLHF Valentin. _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond