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
