Gradual tempo changes
Gradual tempo changes indicate a change in tempo over a defined period of time, such as rallentando, which indicates slowing down, and accelerando, which indicates speeding up.
Figure: Rallentando with dashed line
Gradual tempo changes are considered a type of tempo mark in Dorico Pro, meaning you can input them in the same ways as for tempo marks.
Because gradual tempo changes have a different metronome mark value at the start/end, you can change the final tempo at the end of individual gradual tempo changes.
In Dorico Pro, you can show gradual tempo changes with different styles.
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rit.: Shows gradual tempo changes with text only.
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rit...: Shows gradual tempo changes with text and a continuation line.
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rit-e-nu-to: Shows gradual tempo changes with the text hyphenated and separated into syllables.
You can also show gradual tempo changes with different line styles.
You can change both the style and line style of all gradual tempo changes project-wide on the Tempo page in , and change the style and line style of individual gradual tempo changes independently of your project-wide settings.