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bar line

noun Music.
  1. bar1(def 16a).
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Origin of bar line

First recorded in 1925–30
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Historical Examples of 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
  1. music the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
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