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For the song "Rehearsal" by Pedro the Lion, see Control

A rehearsal is a preparatory event in music and theatre (and in other contexts) that is performed before the official public performance, as a form of practice, and to ensure that all details of the performance are adequate for professional presentation. Control is an album by Pedro the Lion. ... crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A practice refers to a way that something is done. ...

Rehearsal in theatre

In theatre, a performing arts ensemble rehearses a work in preparation for performance before an audience.

A dress rehearsal is a rehearsal in which the ensemble dresses as they will dress at the performance for the audience. The dress rehearsal is often the last rehearsal before the concert performance and falls at the end of technical week. Technical week (also called tech week or hell week) refers to the week prior to the opening night of a play in which all of the technical elements (such as costumes, lights, sound, and makeup) are added. ...

Performing in the arts
The aim of the rehearsal process is to ensure that the ideas and meanings of your piece are clear and integral to the piece. Also to adapt and develop the material from the improvisation phase and then to refine this and work on the structure of our pieces in preparation for a performance. We needed to make sure that the overall thematic content and meaning are being successfully communicated to the audience with clarity and awareness. Through this we become aware of the performance demands.

See also

• Stagecraft
• Technical rehearsal

Stagecraft (or Technical Theatre) is the art of building, attaching, and rigging scenery for theater and television as well as other technical aspects of performance including sound, costuming, makeup, and lighting. ... The technical rehearsal or tech rehearsal is a rehearsal that focuses on the technological aspects of the performance, in theatrical, musical, and filmed entertainment. ...

Rehearsal in music

Rehearsing a musical composition often involves repeating some passages over and over again until everyone in the ensemble masters them. Rehearsal letters can be very helpful for this purpose. A rehearsal letter is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides a convenient spot from which to resume rehearsal after a break. ...

Orchestras often have section rehearsals or sectionals in which a section of the orchestra (e.g., the woodwind players) rehearse on their own.

Prior to rehearsing a concerto with an orchestra, a soloist will often rehearse it with a pianist substituting for the entire orchestra (thus, two pianists in the case of piano concerti). The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is contrasted with an orchestra. ...

To help with tempo in solo or chamber rehearsals, a metronome may be used. A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion A digital metronome set to pulse at four beats per measure at a tempo of 130 BPM A metronome is a device that produces a regulated pulse, usually used to keep a beat steady in musical compositions. ...

The conclusion of an [effective rehearsal in a rock band] can ensure that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.

Rehearsal in other contexts

The use of rehearsals and dress rehearsals extends beyond the performing arts. The introduction of major changes to information systems is often rehearsed, particularly where this requires multiple activities to be coordinated and completed within time constraints. Many companies undertook major initiatives to rehearse the changes associated with the Year 2000 Problem and the economic and monetary union of the European Union. Information Systems is the discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information systems. ... In economics, a monetary union is a situation where several countries have agreed to share a single currency among them. ...