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# Rehearsal marks
**Rehearsal marks** can be used in a number of ways:
* To identify specific points in a score to facilitate rehearsing.
* As bookmarks in the score to which you can instantly navigate—using the [Find/Search](#search-for-a-rehearsal-mark) command.
* To mark the various sections in the score.
Typically, **rehearsal marks** consist of one or more letters and/or numbers, and appear in sequence in the score—e.g. A, B, C…, or 1, 2, 3… etc. Alternatively, they may display measure numbers (usually larger than standard measure numbers, boldface and/or enclosed in boxes). Multimeasure rests are automatically broken before and after rehearsal marks.
Rehearsal marks can be added to the score (i) *automatically*—which ensures that they are named in sequence—or (ii) *manually*, allowing you to name them as you wish.
## Add a rehearsal mark
### Manual Placement
To create a rehearsal mark manually:
1. Click on a note (or rest) at the desired location;
2. Select one of the following options:
* Press Ctrl+M (Mac: Cmd+M);
* From the menu, choose **Add -> Text -> Rehearsal Mark**;
3. Enter the desired text.
### Automatic placement
#### Add an alphanumeric rehearsal mark
Use either of the following options:
* Click on a note (or rest) at the desired location, then click the \[B1] rehearsal mark icon in the "Text" [palette](/3/basics/palettes.md) (double-click in versions prior to 3.4).
* Drag and drop the rehearsal mark from the "Text" palette onto the score.
**Notes**: (1) By default, marks are added in the sequence, A, B, C etc. (2) To change the format of subsequently-added marks (to lower case letters, or numbers), edit the previous rehearsal mark accordingly. (3) Marks added between existing rehearsal marks append a number or letter to the previous mark: it is a good idea to apply the [Resequence](#automatically-resequence-rehearsal-marks) command afterwards (see below).
#### Add a measure-number rehearsal mark
1. Add the first rehearsal mark in the series as an alphabetical one; then [edit](/3/text/text-editing.md) it to read the *same* as the number of the measure it is attached to;
2. Add subsequent marks as shown [above](#add-an-alphanumeric-rehearsal-mark). They will automatically adopt the measure-number format.
## Automatically resequence rehearsal marks
MuseScore allows the user to automatically re-order a series of rehearsal marks if they have got out of sequence for any reason. Use the following method:
1. Before making a selection, you can, if desired, establish a new format for the rehearsal marks (lower/upper case, number, or measure number) by manually altering the first mark in the range accordingly.
2. Select the range of measures you wish to apply the **Resequence** command to (if there is no selection then the program assumes you wish to resequence all measures).
3. From the menu, select **Tools -> Resequence Rehearsal Marks**.
MuseScore automatically detects the sequence based on the *first rehearsal mark* in the selection—all rehearsal marks in the selection are then altered accordingly. The following sequences are possible:
* A, B, C etc.
* a, b, c etc.
* Numerical: 1, 2, 3 etc.
* Numerical: according to measure numbers. This requires the number of the first mark in the series to be equal to the number of the measure it is attached to.
## Text style
Rehearsal marks are a variety of [system text](/3/text/staff-text-and-system-text.md#system-text), appearing both on the score and on every [part](/3/advanced-topics/parts.md). By default, they are in a large bold font, and enclosed in frames. All aspects of their appearance can be changed globally via the rehearsal mark [Text style](/3/text/text-styles-and-properties.md).
## Search for a rehearsal mark
See [Find](/3/basics/viewing-and-navigation.md#find--go-to) (Viewing and navigation).
## See also
* [Text properties](/3/text/text-styles-and-properties.md#text-style-or-style-for-text-inside-type-of-object)
## External links
* [Rehearsal Letter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehearsal_letter) (Wikipedia article)
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