Saturday, January 24, 2009

Bar Lines in Musical Notation


Repeat endings may have bracketed numbers indicating the order in which such endings are to be played. After playing through the first time, the performer takes the first ending for the repeat. The second time the performer will take the second ending and so on.



Repeat bars, that have a pair of dots on the left of the double bar, indicate that the music is to be repeated from a double bar having a pair of dots to its right. If there are no double bars, with a pair of dots on its right, the music is repeated from the beginning.



Bar lines are placed on the musical staff to separate the divisions of time. Time is divided in groups of pulses as defined in the time signature. The space between two bar line is called a measure or bar.

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