What does this horizontal bar at the first measure mean?
I was looking at some sheet music when I came across something I am seeing for the first time. It looked like a horizontal bar on the first measure. Here is an image:
What does this bar tell you? What is it for?
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I was looking at some sheet music when I came across something I am seeing for the first time. It looked like a horizontal bar on the first measure. Here is an image:
What does this bar tell you? What is it for?
notation
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
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asked 3 hours ago
XilpexXilpex
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I was looking at some sheet music when I came across something I am seeing for the first time. It looked like a horizontal bar on the first measure. Here is an image:
What does this bar tell you? What is it for?
notation
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
36.8k19109225
asked 3 hours ago
XilpexXilpex
825222
I was looking at some sheet music when I came across something I am seeing for the first time. It looked like a horizontal bar on the first measure. Here is an image:
What does this bar tell you? What is it for?
notation
notation
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
36.8k19109225
asked 3 hours ago
XilpexXilpex
825222
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
36.8k19109225
asked 3 hours ago
XilpexXilpex
825222
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
36.8k19109225
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
36.8k19109225
edited 5 mins ago
Dom♦
36.8k19109225
36.8k19109225
asked 3 hours ago
XilpexXilpex
825222
asked 3 hours ago
XilpexXilpex
825222
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825222
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That is a multi-measure rest. It is equivalent to writing out fifteen bars of full-measure rests. This is done to save space, for example in orchestral parts.
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That is a multi-measure rest. It is equivalent to writing out fifteen bars of full-measure rests. This is done to save space, for example in orchestral parts.
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That is a multi-measure rest. It is equivalent to writing out fifteen bars of full-measure rests. This is done to save space, for example in orchestral parts.
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That is a multi-measure rest. It is equivalent to writing out fifteen bars of full-measure rests. This is done to save space, for example in orchestral parts.
answered 3 hours ago
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That is a multi-measure rest. It is equivalent to writing out fifteen bars of full-measure rests. This is done to save space, for example in orchestral parts.
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