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In musical terminology, a bar is a segment of time defined as a given
number of beats of a given duration. It is the used the same as
measure. A bar line is the line which lies between or separates
bars. While many see bars and bar lines as arbitrary, others feel otherwise: "The bar line is much, much more than a mere accent,
and I don't believe that it can be simulated by an accent, at least not in my music." - Igor Stravinsky (DeLone et. al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 3).
References
- DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.
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