# Rehearsal and Tempo Markings

### Rehearsal Markings

Put rehearsal marks to demarcate sections of the arrangement. Common examples are a “verse” or “chorus” part of the piece, a significant key change, or a change in mood or flow of the piece.

In general, try to make your rehearsal markings more than 8 measures apart 

### Medley Piece Titles

Use a double bar line and a new rehearsal mark to mark the beginning of a new piece in the medley. If you want to include the titles of the pieces in a medley in your arrangement, use **boxed System Text** in order to make it appear on every staff.\
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/SXdaN0O-tPV2nMwwwOuAbLRoeo1FCJzle14rntoQx9lNA3VgYpkedE8xXrN146wIO0enA1HoX4CxFvbyzuEjsieWNqPY2Gt6t38xdSYMzpA9Eh6TDI1HyBFDX63QfzBVD24XE9oJ)

### Clef/Time/Key Changes

Make sure these changes start at the beginning of a measure, not in the middle of a bar.

In Sibelius, new scores will not have an explicitly labeled time signature, and will implicitly be in 4/4. Please explicitly add the 4/4 marking in.

### Tempo

Tempo should be written in bpm (beats per minute), and the note used for the beat is determined by the time signature.

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/env7dMluESMFVCsNcVGn1LYJ5CFunSSoRYCjefOdqQ-bhQ5-zF1-XWHe-R8sFB45fbQXdJMhHCD2B2_0dydTcI3hXSxIzbfJtLnBs5Uass00IILsghwzjQx1hEwE3YzvXzyigd6f)

Tempo markings can also be accompanied by musical terms:

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Xd-ONXjUOLf0GBc1pE92Pk20GffLIpWH0RWoq7B4PKQbRZpEWEbbBpaWHzF-vZ_V4bIUxozg44hKRIs_JF-dCY8dv11Vqlj51MsxhUd9VZ3bSqytdEk2wIamJreLFFg0RY3JfDF5)