Final act
A final bar is the last music cycle of a piece of music or a portion of such. The final bar is of particular importance in many upbeat pieces of music, as it supplements the prelude to a full measure, especially in verse songs and simpler instrumental pieces that are subject to the classic form principle , as it can then be found everywhere in the rest of the work (assuming that none Time changes take place) in order to enable the stanzas or repetitions to be played with a continuous pulse .
Closing bars and their multiple occurrences
The designation final measure incorrectly suggests that such a structure should only appear at the end of a piece of music. There is correctly set sheet music that requires a prelude including the associated final bar, for example in the first section. In order to properly fill the bars with note values, the continuation after the first section has to start again with an upbeat. At the intersection of the inner final bar with the subsequent prelude, there is often a double bar in the middle of a bar, which is delimited by simple bar lines at the front and back . Since there is now a new prelude in the middle of the piece and again demands its partner, the final measure, there is one at the end of the piece, whereby the term final measure is a coherent word.
Music examples, with pairs of opening and closing bars
literature
- Christoph Hempel: New general music theory. Schott, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-254-08200-1 .
- Erich Wolf: The music education. Volume I: General Music Theory. 7th edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-7651-0044-7 , pp. 62-64.
- Wieland Ziegenrücker: ABC music. General music theory. New edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7651-0309-4 .