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bar line

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noun Music.

bar1(def 16a).

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  10. bar pit

Origin of bar line

First recorded in 1925–30
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Examples from the Web for bar line

  • This practice was consistently carried out, even when it involved writing a note on the bar-line!

    How to Write Music|Clement A. Harris
British Dictionary definitions for bar line

bar line

bar

noun

music the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
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