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5 ways to rehearse on the app

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Only the basic Italian rehearsal is available on the website. The 5 ways to rehearse are only available on the app, starting with version 4.6.0.

⚠️ The five rehearsal modes are a feature of the mobile app, starting from version 4.6.0. They cannot be launched from the website.

Here is what they are for, to help you choose:

Mode What it does
🎭 Line run The usual mode: the app plays the cues and gives you time to say your lines.
🔁 Looped line run The same thing, over a specific section, repeated in a loop until you stop it.
🎧 Full listen The entire text is read, all lines for all characters, without pausing.
🗣 Only my lines Only the lines for your roles are read.
👆 Line by line You hear the line you tap on. No sequence.

👉 Detailed instructions for each can be found in the 📱 On mobile tab.

If the menu doesn't appear on your phone, check your version: App version and updates.

Since version 4.6.0, the Rehearse button no longer just starts a line run: it opens a menu of five rehearsal modes.

Opening the menu

While reading your text, the ▶ Rehearse button is accompanied by an arrow (the chevron to its right). Tap this arrow: the list of five modes will expand.

💡 The most important point: the mode starts from wherever you are in the text. First, go to the line you're interested in, then open the menu. This is the easiest way to work on a specific passage.

🎭 Line run

The usual mode. The app scrolls through the text, plays the lines, and pauses at your cues, to give you time to say your lines.

The sequence happens in two ways:

  • automatic: the app continues on its own after your line. This is an option to activate in the settings;
  • manual: a fast forward button appears during the rehearsal, next to the button. You move to the next part when you're ready.

🔁 Looped line run

To work on a tricky section by repeating it tirelessly.

  1. Go to the line that should start the passage, then launch Looped line run. This position marks the start of the loop.
  2. The line run starts normally. A Loop button appears on the rehearsal button.
  3. Once you reach the end of the passage you want to work on, tap Loop: you have just marked the end of the loop.
  4. The line run then starts again from the beginning of the loop, plays until the end, goes back to the start, and begins again — indefinitely.

To exit, tap the end rehearsal button, just like a regular line run.

🎧 Full listen

The entire text is read, from where you launch the mode until the end. The lines for all characters are spoken, yours included, and it won't pause for you.

This is the mode to choose to listen to the play without acting: in the car, while walking, or before falling asleep.

🗣 Only my lines

Only the lines for the role(s) you have selected are read. All the rest of the text is skipped.

Handy for memorizing your part and spotting passages that aren't quite ready yet.

👉 If you are playing multiple roles, all your lines are read in the order of the text.

👆 Line by line

You tap a line, you hear it. Nothing follows automatically: the app waits for your next tap.

Two uses when rehearsing with your partners:

  • triggering sound effects at the right time, without the app speaking over the actors;
  • manually playing the lines of an absent actor, while those present perform normally.

Which mode should I choose?

Your situation The mode
Rehearsing a scene normally, alone 🎭 Line run
A specific part won't stick 🔁 Looped line run
Listening to the play in the car or while walking 🎧 Full listen
Checking if you know your role by heart 🗣 Only my lines
Rehearsing in the room: sound effects, absent actor 👆 Line by line

The menu isn't showing up?

The five modes require version 4.6.0 or higher of the app. Make sure to update Imparato.

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