The Tempo options on the Symbols tab allow you to choose from presets of common tempos or to create your own custom tempo.
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To show the Tempo options, activate Tempo on the Symbols tab.
The following options are available:
Add Tempo
Allows you to add a custom tempo, a metronome mark, or a combination of both. You can select a Tempo value, add descriptive Text, and activate Show Metronome Mark. You can click Add Tempo to load the mouse cursor and click in the score display to create a tempo event.
If you input non-quarter note beat units, the Tempo value is scaled. For example, if you input a half note with a Tempo value of 60, the resulting tempo is 120 (quarter notes/min).
Absolute Tempo Change
Allows you to choose from tempo presets that initiate a defined change in tempo with both an Italian tempo indication and a metronome mark. Metronome marks show the speed of the music, indicated in beats per minute, or “bpm”.
Gradual Tempo Change
Allows you to choose from tempo presets that indicate a change in tempo over a defined period of time, such as rallentando or accelerando. They are not defined by a metronome mark.
Relative Tempo Change
Allows you to choose from tempo presets that indicate a change in tempo that is relative to the previous tempo, such as mosso (movement, or with movement). They are not defined by a metronome mark.
Reset Tempo
Allows you to choose from tempo presets that indicate a return to the previous tempo, such as A tempo, or a previously defined tempo, such as Tempo primo.