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* after Ritardando - eboats, 07 Feb 06:54PM
     Re: after Ritardando - Robin Walker, 07 Feb 07:41PM
     Re: after Ritardando - Laurence Payne, 07 Feb 07:43PM
         Re: after Ritardando - eboats, 07 Feb 10:10PM
             Re: after Ritardando - Mike Lyons, 08 Feb 09:01AM

* after Ritardando
Posted by eboats - 07 Feb 06:54PM (edited 18 Feb 11:01PM)
Hello, I selected a few bars and put a Ritardando (Rit.....) over them and that works fine. However, I notice that the Rit is still in effect in the bars following the selected bars (playback is still slow). I would not have expected the Rit to continue after the bars I selected?

How do I indicate that the following bars should resume normal tempo? I've put a tempo marking in the following bar but wonder if there is some other way to indicate to resume normal tempo?
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Re: after Ritardando
Posted by Robin Walker - 07 Feb 07:41PM
It depends on what version of Sibelius you are using, which you do not say.

For version 7.5 or later, you can say "A Tempo".

For earlier versions, use a new Tempo statement or metronome mark.

Remember that a human player needs to be able to read this as well: a human cannot see which bars you selected for the Rit.

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Re: after Ritardando
Posted by Laurence Payne - 07 Feb 07:43PM (edited 07 Feb 07:47PM)
In current versions of Sibelius, write "a tempo" in Tempo Text. In older versions add an explicit mm marking (hidden, if you prefer).

This isn't a Sibelius quirk. There's no assumption that tempo jumps up again after a rit... in standard musical notation.

Note that rit... is a Line, not a one-time command. The extension dots should be drawn out over the extent of the gradually slowing passage - whether for Sielius or a live player to read. There are other directions to indicate a sudden decrease in speed.The precise effect can be defined by selecting the rit... and using settings in the Inspector.
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Re: after Ritardando
Posted by eboats - 07 Feb 10:10PM
Great thanks for your help. "A Tempo" is what I was looking for.
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Re: after Ritardando
Posted by Mike Lyons - 08 Feb 09:01AM
Another new feature is "Tempo primo" which will go back to the original tempo of the start of the movement or the beginning if it is a single movement piece.

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* after Ritardando - eboats, 07 Feb 06:54PM
     Re: after Ritardando - Robin Walker, 07 Feb 07:41PM
     Re: after Ritardando - Laurence Payne, 07 Feb 07:43PM
         Re: after Ritardando - eboats, 07 Feb 10:10PM
             Re: after Ritardando - Mike Lyons, 08 Feb 09:01AM