bar line

American  

noun

Music.

1. bar.

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bar line British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bar line

First recorded in 1925–30

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Example Sentences

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bar line

As in “Mass,” Bernstein changes idioms by the minute and rhythms, to Broadway’s dismay, by the bar line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2021

After I had made my way through fifteen minutes worth of buzzy salad bar line, I got to the order-taker and half-heartedly mumbled "I'll have the uh, beesduntklill.." while gesturing limply at the menu board.

From The Verge ● May 1, 2015

There are tremendous suspensions over the bar line, places where Barber creates a great tension by changing harmonies, staggered in such a way that the dissonances form and then resolve.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2010

The tied quarters here would sound exactly like a half note crossing the bar line.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

A double bar line, either heavy or light, is used to mark the ends of larger sections of music, including the very end of a piece, which is marked by a heavy double bar.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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