

The beat set for the bar is related to the pulse that the song has.
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Let’s work on some examples of time signatures (take it as exercises) so that it becomes very clear how many notes fit in each measure:ħ/2 = Fits 7 half notes How to define a bar line in a song See the numbers that represent each note value in the denominator, in addition to the quarter note: Notice that the numerator of this fraction is saying that 4 notes can fit in a measure, and the denominator is saying that the note value is the quarter note, so the fraction 4/4 informs that 4 quarter notes can fit in one bar. The number 4 refers to the quarter note, so this is the reference figure. Informs which figure will serve as a reference for the analysis. This fraction 4/4 determined that a bar would have 4 quarter notes. Notice this fraction ( time signature) below, which appears at the beginning of the sheet music we have just analyzed: Time Signature Great, but what sets the time/length of a measure? Where is it written that each bar will have a length of 4 quarter notes? This reference only tells us the time that a bar involves, regardless of the figures that are there. Moral of the story: saying that “4 quarter notes can fit in one bar” does not mean that in one bar there can only be quarter note figures. The same is true for bars 1 and 3, which have other figures equivalent to the length of 4 quarter notes.

There are several figures (quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes and thirty-second notes) in it, but all of them together occupy the length of 4 quarter notes, so they stay within the same bar.

In this example, pay attention to the second bar. This is the time interval defined for each bar, and there could be other figures in the middle, see: This means that 4 quarter notes can fit within each bar. In this example, what was the organization used for bars? It was to separate groups of 4 quarter notes. This time interval is represented by vertical bars, as in the example below (highlighted in orange) Example of Musical Bar Lines

Show art was created by Jennie Goforth, managing editor for the Center for Engaged Learning.A Bar is a way to divide a song in equal time intervals, with the objective of organizing the structure and facilitating the orientation for the reader.
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Jessie’s professional service to the scholarship of teaching and learning was recognized with the 2019 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Distinguished Service Award. In 2021, Jessie received Elon University’s Distinguished Scholar Award.
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In addition to coordinating the Center’s research seminars, Jessie produces the Center’s videos and other web resources and co-edits two book series: the Stylus Publishing/Center for Engaged Learning Series on Engaged Learning and Teaching and the Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book Series. Jessie is director of the Center for Engaged Learning and professor of English: Professional Writing & Rhetoric. She is the author of Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Staff and co-editor of five edited collections on engaged learning topics. Moore, PhD, hosts and produces 60-Second SoTL.
