In situations like you're describing I've found the "% change in tempo" F5 setting works better than the "tempo change to" F5 setting.

% change in tempo takes some experimentation to obtain the slowdown you want but the results are very natural once you find the right percentage for the song. Also realize the slowdown is cumulative so instead of trying to apply the slowdown in one bar try spreading it out over several bars.


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