bar line
Staff's vertical stroke
A bar line is a vertical line in musical notation that divides the staff into measures.
Bar lines mark the boundaries between groups of beats, helping musicians keep time and read the score: The piece begins with a pickup note before the first bar line.
Double bar lines signal the end of a section or piece.
notation
Unit of quantity
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- repeat signNotation indicating replay
- time signatureRhythmic fraction notation
- section breakBoundary between document parts
meter · phrase · score · sheet music · sight-reading · transcription · engraving · manuscript
measure
Unit of quantity
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- repeat signNotation indicating replay
- time signatureRhythmic fraction notation
section break · meter · phrase · score · sheet music · sight-reading · transcription · engraving · manuscript · stave
- music notationtreble clef, bass clef, clef, clefs, staff
- sheet musicsheet music, treble clef, score, notes, scores
- horizontal lineshorizon, equator, baseline, stripe, band
- rhythm notationwhole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note
- tablatureguitar tab, bass tab, hammer-on, hammer-ons, pull-off
- Neumespunctum, virga, trigon, liquescent, mora