Barline
A bar line is a line drawn vertically through a staff that delimits the measure . The note after the bar line is usually the main focus of the bar (exceptions are possible with syncopation ).
Bar lines were used for the first time as early as 1452 and became more common towards the end of the 16th century, but general use did not gain acceptance until the 17th century.
In addition to the simple bar line (a) as a bar delimiter, there are other types of bar lines:
- A double bar (b) can be used to mark the beginning of a new section in a piece of music.
- At the end of a piece of music there is a double bar line as the final line, the second line of which is printed in bold (c).
- Double barlines with two dots (d and e) create repeat signs that indicate the repetition of a specific section of music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : A musical fun, score excerpt
Bar lines can also be drawn across several staves, for example on instruments that are notated in more than one stave ( piano , organ ), or in scores on instruments of a vocal group that are also connected by an accolade bracket .
literature
- Albert C. Vinci: The musical notation. Basics of traditional music notation. Bärenreiter, Kassel et al. 1988, ISBN 3-7618-0900-X .
- Wieland Ziegenrücker: ABC music. General music theory. New edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-7651-0309-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Schünemann : History of Conducting. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1913, p. 70 f. ( Digitized version )