Originally Posted by AudioTrack
There have been multiple requests for Ritardando and Accelerando to be based on something less than bar-by-bar. I don't believe that this has ever been implemented though.


You have 2 choices.
1. Just set the new faster or slower tempo. It will be an abrupt change.
2. Ramp up or down. This will naturally happen over a specific time length in the song. To do this within the space of one measure or less, the option is to add measures but change them from 4 beats to 2 beats. This gives you room to accomplish a tempo change that is not as abrupt as just changing it. I'm not sure this practice would work with a one beat measure. I've never tried it but it just doesn't make sense that it would be effective but you could try it. Worst case, it doesn't work, best case it works and gives you what you need.

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