Why does the tempo change in the middle of my song?

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george ports 33
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Post by george ports 33 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:33 pm

I'm using win10 and Finale 25.
Working on a song with verse, verse, bridge, verse. The tempo is set at 120.
The 1st 2 verses play fine, but the tempo changes at the bridge to a slow speed (maybe 60) and stays that way to the end of the song. Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks for any help on this.
George


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motet
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Post by motet » Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:29 pm

Hard to say without seeing your file. Can you post it here?

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Post by Bill Stevens » Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:41 am

As Motet wrote, without seeing the file it's only a guess, but at the bridge is there any expression that might have a tempo attached to it? You might try deleting things around the tempo change spot to see if you can isolate the offender.

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Post by oldmkvi » Wed Feb 05, 2020 3:21 am

Try putting another q=120 Tempo Mark at the Bridge.
At least you can hear your tune that way.
No idea why you might have to, tho.

george ports 33
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Post by george ports 33 » Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:18 pm

Thanks to Bill Stevens for his suggestion on deleting expressions near the bridge. I typed "bridge" at the bridge using the expression tool instead of the text tool. It all works fine now.
Thanks to all of the rest of you for your help. I sure appreciate you all.
George

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