Accelerando, Ritardando and more functions

• Sep 14, 2021 - 14:41

Hi everyone, this is Ivan. I suggest you to add more functions if the computer software version is 4.0.0. Here is the following functional diagram:

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• Jan 10, 2022 - 23:48

Notation question: Is "a tempo" implied by the ending of the dashed line, or should it always be made explicit?

"A tempo" could be ambiguous -- returning to the tempo of the opening section or movement of the piece, returning to the tempo of the current section or movement, or returning to the most recent tempo.
I assume that following a "rit." or "accel.", it means returning to the tempo before the "accel." & "rit.".

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• Jan 11, 2022 - 03:47

To me, leaving off the "a tempo" makes it ambiguous - did you mean to imply a return to the original tempo, or simply slow down gradually to reach some (unspecified?) tempo and remain there?

"a tempo" is not supposed to be ambiguous - it should always mean, the most recently specified tempo. "Tempo Primo" or "Tempo I" are the usual indications to return to the first tempo. That said, for piece that change tempo a lot, it can be confusing no matter what you do.

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