Often, I'll use my own ending rather than the default ending.

On a recent project for a new song, I opted to use D... In the last measure to end the song.

There is a full band playing all the way to the last chord which is a hold. When the last chord is played, only the guitar sounds. No bass, no drum hit, just the guitar. That makes for a very weak sounding hold.

The reason I don't want to use the default ending is because I want it to slow down to the hold. I also looked at the bar settings to see if something was muted but I'm not seeing anything muted.

Wondering why the chord isn't playing correctly

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