Spacer rests are available only in note mode and chord mode. In other situations, for example,
when entering lyrics, the command \skip is used to skip a musical moment. \skip requires
an explicit duration, but this is ignored if the lyrics derive their durations from the notes in an
associated melody through \addlyrics or \lyricsto.
<<
{
a2 \skip2 a2 a2
}
\new Lyrics {
\lyricmode {
foo2 \skip 1 bla2
}
}
>>
jm
Because \skip is a command, it does not a↵ect the default durations of following notes,
unlike s.