Re: Controlling markup vertical position

[Simon Albrecht]

On 16.11.2015 08:08, Menu Jacques wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As it turns out, using \tempo solves the issue:

Well, it depends on what you’re typesetting there, but a \tempo 
indication will always move to the topmost staff, so this is at least 
very fragile.
But how about:
%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.19.30"

\relative f {
  \clef "bass" \key f \major \time 4/4
  g,2 \f
  -\tweak self-alignment-X #0  % move horizontally to the left
  ^"Bassi"
  des''4 \p ^"Vcl." ( c4 ) | % 18
}
%%%%%%%%%
That’s closer to what the artisanal engraver did, at least for the "Bassi".

HTH, Simon