Strange result on score when editing tempo in key editor

Forgive my ignorance in the playback mode of Dorico. I use Logic for all my realizations, Dorico is strictly for sheet music, so I am quite amateur in the playback aspects of Dorico. However, I thought it’s time I find my way around the play tab.

I have a little piano thing I wrote today, and I wanted to add some human feel to it. So I started drawing in some tempo fluctuations. It sounded nice. When I switched back to write mode, this is what it looked like:

Is this normal? Should I not be editing tempo with the pen tool in the key editor?

This many signposts (which you can turn off via the View menu) is rare and reflects a very granular change in tempo, but otherwise it is normal. As mentioned earlier, one can use the View > Signposts option to turn off tempo signposts to make other editing easier to see.

oh thanks so much Derek. I didn’t realize these were sign posts. Good to know. Yes, it was some very granular tempo drawing I did in the key editor.

Thanks so much, for some new knowledge attained today. Cheers. I had until now, never messed around with the key editor. So it seems it reflects on the score.

You can simplify those by using the line tool rather than dragging the pencil tool in the key editor.