What doesn't work? Are you referring to printing, playback, what?

If you're referring to playback, I just made a test file and the "rit." (tempo alteration) worked as expected.

Yes, Jeffrey, I'm sorry. It was indeed my ritardando marking not slowing the tempo down. I notice you put a different tempo indication on the measure after the rit. indication. I wasn't aware we had do this. I will try it. 

Well, this works, but only because I inserted the Adagio after the rit. indication. But "a tempo" doesn't bring it back to original tempo. You have to bring back the "Allegro" or whatever marking. I have had success in the past, not always of course, making the speed slow gradually without inserting Adagio and Allegro to return to original speed. Is there a way to have "rit." and "a tempo" behave properly without posting actual tempo changes in the score?

Thank you

Mark,

It would be wonderful if this forum allowed users to post files, unfortunately we don't have that luxury.

From this screen shot, you can see a test file I created using the default file. THis works, the a tempo works.

Can you post a screen shot of your file where it doesn't work correctly?

sure

The "a tempo" should revert to the tempo that precedes the molto rit. Where does that original tempo appear in relation to this section I can see? And was that initial tempo created by an expression or is the tempo initially setup in the playback window?

FWIW, when I use molto rit followed by a tempo, it works.

Realize that (if the standard a tempo doesn't work for you) you can always create a custom a tempo and set the playback to the beats-per-minute you want in the Expression editor's Playback Tab.

You can also hide any expression you wish if it helps you surreptitiously control the tempo.

Thank you, J Adrian

Jeffrey,

It began to function properly when I created a tempo Expression at the beginning of the piece. Before I had just set the tempo in the playback window. Is this why it succeeded this time?

Yes, always use expressions to set the tempo. If you do that, Human Playback will always work and understand your markings.

Perfect! Thank you for your help on this!