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mac, i was recently commenting on the many liberties chet atkins would take regarding tempo throughout a piece, but he could make it work. how are such variations 'chart-able', if they are?



To indicate slowing down, you can pen the written command, ritard which is the abbreviation of ritardondo.

To indicate a passage that is to be played faster and faster as it goes by, accelerando would be the written indicator.

One can also simply restate a new Tempo anywhere at any time by penning in a new metronome beat. For example, if, at the top of the page the original Tempo was penned as "quarter note = 120" (the number being in BPM) and later on in the piece we want it to be slower, might pen something like "quarter note = 90" above that bar.

One can also combine the above. Say you wanted the piece at 120 to gradually slow down to 90, then you'd start by using the ritardondo command, sometimes stretching dots or a line after it to indicate the area involved, ending in the new Tempo declaration at the right bar, "quarter note = 90".


--Mac

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