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# Tempo setlists

Frozen Ape's [Tempo app](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tempo-metronome-with-setlist/id304731501) for iOS is one of the most popular metronome apps for musical theatre because it includes a powerful setlist feature. This is useful during rehearsals and individual practice, but Tempo setlists can also be used as a simple click track setup for live performances. [Click here to purchase Tempo](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tempo-metronome-with-setlist/id304731501) from the Apple App Store.

MagicFox is pleased to provide free Tempo setlists for [most of our shows](http://magicfox.co/pages/tempo-setlists).

## How to import a setlist

<Steps>
  <Step title="Download the setlist file">
    Using the download link on the show's page, your iPhone or iPad will display a message asking if you'd like to download the file.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/iOS-Download-Setlist-File.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=90fd57f7d0788386216952e19c6f64e6" alt="I OS Download Setlist File Pn" title="I OS Download Setlist File Pn" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="502" height="169" data-path="images/documentation/iOS-Download-Setlist-File.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Navigate to the downloaded file">
    <Tabs>
      <Tab title="Safari app">
        Press the left side of Safari's address bar to open the context menu, and then choose "Downloads".

        <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/iOS-safari-open-file-downloads.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=4422c13ad9c637ba9ff147fa209f1bcd" alt="I OS Safari Open File Downloads Jp" title="I OS Safari Open File Downloads Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"60%" }} width="563" height="324" data-path="images/documentation/iOS-safari-open-file-downloads.jpg" />

        In the list of downloaded files, click the setlist to open it in the Files app.

        <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/iOS-safari-file-downloads.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=762ca88f1ebeafafe949f6e96392af9f" alt="I OS Safari File Downloads Pn" title="I OS Safari File Downloads Pn" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"60%" }} width="563" height="212" data-path="images/documentation/iOS-safari-file-downloads.png" />
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="Files app">
        Navigate to the Files app on your iPhone.

        <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/iOS-files-app-icon.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=b0d14710244bb28a05deefa323504158" alt="I OS Files App Icon Jp" title="I OS Files App Icon Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"20%" }} width="98" height="123" data-path="images/documentation/iOS-files-app-icon.jpg" />

        Find the downloaded setlist file in your Downloads folder.

        <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/iOS-files-app-downloads.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=f03c481b4605e2f25dc7ecd2dcd39e93" alt="I OS Files App Downloads Jp" title="I OS Files App Downloads Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"60%" }} width="563" height="250" data-path="images/documentation/iOS-files-app-downloads.jpg" />
      </Tab>
    </Tabs>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Import the file into Tempo">
    Press the blue "Share" button in the bottom left corner to open the list of options.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/iOS-share-file-options.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=478a22dacebd0988fffd399be8c74124" alt="I OS Share File Options Pn" title="I OS Share File Options Pn" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"60%" }} width="563" height="273" data-path="images/documentation/iOS-share-file-options.png" />

    Select the Tempo app and Tempo will import the downloaded setlist.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF/images/documentation/tempo-app-setlist-imported.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF&q=85&s=2a416cc14ba0a4d6ae3a4e4526a1ba49" alt="Tempo App Setlist Imported Pn" title="Tempo App Setlist Imported Pn" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="405" height="211" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-setlist-imported.png" />

    If it doesn't open automatically, press the setlist title and select the downloaded setlist from the popover.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/tempo-app-change-setlist.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=e340e552711108393b6bcd275f003a85" alt="Tempo App Change Setlist Jp" title="Tempo App Change Setlist Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="563" height="423" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-change-setlist.jpg" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Interface modes

For our purposes, the relevant modes are Setlist and Gig. **Setlist** mode is similar to [Edit mode](/basics/mainstage-modes) in MainStage. **Gig** mode hides unnecessary controls to display the setlist prominently, similar to [Perform mode](/basics/mainstage-modes) in MainStage.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/tempo-app-modes.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=58d8f3a3c93ef878bdda257312559f04" alt="Tempo App Modes Jp" title="Tempo App Modes Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"60%" }} width="563" height="222" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-modes.jpg" />

## Editing setlists

Each tempo configuration is called a **song** in Tempo. Songs can be grouped into **setlists**, similarly to how patches can be grouped into sets in MainStage. In spite of Tempo's nomenclature, a musical's song can have many tempo changes, so we will not refer to them as songs in this documentation to avoid confusion.

## Editing tempo configurations

To make edits to a setlist, you will need to be in **Setlist** mode.

### Adding tempo configurations

Set your desired BPM, meter, and beat pattern. Press the "+" button, type the name of this configuration, and press "Done" to save.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF/images/documentation/tempo-app-save-new-configuration.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF&q=85&s=56a16c87adae298b63a7e13baf51f881" alt="Tempo App Save New Configuration Jp" title="Tempo App Save New Configuration Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="563" height="388" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-save-new-configuration.jpg" />

### Editing tempo configurations

When you make changes to a configuration, an asterisk will appear next to its name in the setlist. Press a selected configuration to open the **Quick Edit** window and "Done" to save it.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF/images/documentation/tempo-app-quick-edit-configuration.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF&q=85&s=088289c76256a56b7a260c9447465d0d" alt="Tempo App Quick Edit Configuration Jp" title="Tempo App Quick Edit Configuration Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="563" height="556" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-quick-edit-configuration.jpg" />

### Reordering tempo configurations

Open the Setlist module in Fullscreen mode by pressing the expand button. Press the edit button. Press and drag one of the item's reorder handles (the three horizontal lines on the left) to move the configuration to a new location.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/IQdG2at1jThJh_Be/images/documentation/tempo-app-edit-drag-reorder-setlist.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=IQdG2at1jThJh_Be&q=85&s=ec909fdb022f506d0e7f3996580a54a1" alt="Tempo App Edit Drag Reorder Setlist Jp" title="Tempo App Edit Drag Reorder Setlist Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="563" height="306" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-edit-drag-reorder-setlist.jpg" />

### Deleting tempo configurations

Swipe left on a tempo configuration to reveal a "Delete" button.

## Methodology

### Sources

To create these tempo setlists, we've used a variety of sources, including video footage, audio recordings (including cast recordings), promotional materials (commercials, etc), and of course the printed music. As you might expect, there are often discrepancies between sources. Accordingly, we've used our best judgement to choose BPM values that we feel most accurately reflect the intent of the show's authors and original creative team.

### Tempo drift

Many shows have been recorded without clicks. Of course this allows a degree of tempo elasticity—pushing forward and pulling back as appropriate. Thus, we have tried to choose BPM values that best represent the overall feel of the song or section. In many instances, performing a song to a click can sound too stiff or metronomic.

### Time signatures

The printed time signature may not match the time signature in our Tempo setlists. This is largely because the beat value can only be changed in Tempo at a global level. Additionally, the default beat value in Tempo for compound and irregular meters (e.g., 6/8, 9/8, 5/8) is the eighth note.

Thus, we generally use 2/4 to represent 6/8, and use 1/4 to represent a fast 3/4 (when it is conducted in one). You can still change the beat pattern for each tempo configuration, though. For example, setting the beat pattern in 2/4 to a triplet is functionally identical to 6/8.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/magicfox/t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF/images/documentation/tempo-app-tempo-bpm-beat-pattern.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=t1EaAv5uC3XZ13YF&q=85&s=5a42bf1f9e294c3faf297bfb158819c6" alt="Tempo App Tempo Bpm Beat Pattern Jp" title="Tempo App Tempo Bpm Beat Pattern Jp" className="mx-auto" style={{ width:"50%" }} width="563" height="326" data-path="images/documentation/tempo-app-tempo-bpm-beat-pattern.jpg" />
