Re: was markup/padding but now tremolo and that markup/padding

[Martial]

for me Moderato is above the line Pellagato;
I use Lilypond 2.7.12 for window

> My guess is that s1^ is doing something even though it's doing something 
> different in each case- which means that I don't know what/why.


"s1" is a silence tempo breve

You can change s1 by a note sample  c1

c1^\markup{ \italic Moderato }



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Martial
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