double bar

American  

noun

Music.

1. a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.

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double bar British  

noun

1. music a symbol, consisting of two ordinary bar lines or a single heavy one, that marks the end of a composition or a section within it

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Etymology

Origin of double bar

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

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double bar

I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.

From Time ● Feb. 13, 2012

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

It was running on an even keel, twenty-five feet above the sloping ground, while Carl hung easily by the double bar beneath, like a circus performer with a trapeze under each arm.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis

For many years it was the invariable custom to repeat the Exposition, and in Classic Symphonies we always find a double bar with marks of repeat and two endings.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

After the double bar comes the second chapter, which is an elaboration or free fantasia on the material of the first part.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews