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<refentry id="t">
<indexterm id="IndexTStatement"><primary>t statement</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm id="IndexTempoStatement"><primary>tempo statement</primary></indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>t Statement (Tempo Statement)</refentrytitle>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>t</refname>
<refpurpose>
Sets the tempo.
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
This statement sets the tempo and specifies the accelerations and decelerations for the current section. This is done by converting beats into seconds.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Syntax</title>
<synopsis><command>t</command> p1 p2 p3 p4 ... (unlimited)</synopsis>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Initialization</title>
<para>
<emphasis>p1</emphasis> -- Must be zero.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>p2</emphasis> -- Initial tempo on beats per minute.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>p3, p5, p7,...</emphasis> -- Times in beats (in non-decreasing order).
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>p4, p6, p8,...</emphasis> -- Tempi for the referenced beat times.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Performance</title>
<para>
Time and Tempo-for-that-time are given as ordered couples that define points on a "tempo vs. time" graph. (The time-axis here is in beats so is not necessarily linear.) The beat-rate of a Section can be thought of as a movement from point to point on that graph: motion between two points of equal height signifies constant tempo, while motion between two points of unequal height will cause an accelarando or ritardando accordingly. The graph can contain discontinuities: two points given equal times but different tempi will cause an immediate tempo change.
</para>
<para>
Motion between different tempos over non-zero time is inverse linear. That is, an accelerando between two tempos M1 and M2 proceeds by linear interpolation of the single-beat durations from 60/M1 to 60/M2.
</para>
<para>
The first tempo given must be for beat 0.
</para>
<para>
A tempo, once assigned, will remain in effect from that time-point unless influenced by a succeeding tempo, i.e. the last specified tempo will be held to the end of the section.
</para>
<para>
A <emphasis>t statement</emphasis> applies only to the score section in which it appears. Only one <emphasis>t statement</emphasis> is meaningful in a section; it can be placed anywhere within that section. If a score section contains no <emphasis>t statement</emphasis>, then beats are interpreted as seconds (i.e. with an implicit <emphasis>t 0 60</emphasis> statement).
</para>
<para>
N.B. If the CSound command includes a <link linkend="FlagsMinusLowerT"><citetitle>-t flag</citetitle></link>, the interpreted tempo of all score <emphasis>t statements</emphasis> will be overridden by the command-line tempo.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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