Hi Steff, I guess you want more system-system-spacing which is set in the \paper block and not in a Staff context:
\paper { system-system-spacing = #'((basic-distance . 30) (minimum-distance . 20) (padding . 8) (stretchability . 10)) } The values are probably too large, just to show the effect. This PDF shows which spacings have to be set in in which block: https://joramberger.de/files/LilypondSpacing.pdf Cheers, Joram PS: Your question showed me that the Lyrics and Chordname spacing is missing from this PDF.