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Bar Lines & Beams

Written by Danny Poole

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:57

Bar Lines

Bar lines divide the music staff into smaller workable sections by grouping a certain amount of notes in each bar.

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Beams

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In musical notation you will notice that some notes are linked together by a line. These lines are called beams. A beam is a horizontal line that links eighth notes, sixteenth notes, thirty second notes in fact any note that has a flag (tail) on it.

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