Bar vs. Measure — What's the Difference?
By Maham Liaqat & Fiza Rafique — Updated on March 31, 2024
A bar is a segment of time in musical notation, defined by a specific number of beats; a measure is another term for bar, used interchangeably in music to denote the same concept.
Difference Between Bar and Measure
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Key Differences
The time signature of a piece of music dictates the number of beats in each bar or measure, as well as the type of note that represents one beat. For instance, a time signature of 4/4 means that each bar or measure contains four beats, with a quarter note receiving one beat. This standardization is crucial for ensuring that musicians can play together in synchronization, regardless of the instrument or part they are performing.
Bars and measures not only provide a structural framework for music but also facilitate the notation of rhythms and the organization of musical ideas. Composers and arrangers use these divisions to create patterns, emphasize certain beats, and develop the overall flow of the music. The repetition and variation of musical phrases within and across these segments are fundamental to the composition's structure and the listener's experience.
In practice, the choice between using the term "bar" or "measure" often comes down to regional preferences. For example, "bar" is commonly used in British English, while "measure" is more frequently used in American English. Despite this variation in terminology, the function and significance of these segments in music remain consistent across different cultures and musical styles.
While bars and measures serve as the backbone for musical timing and structure, the actual content—notes, chords, rests, and other musical elements—varies widely depending on the genre, style, and creative intentions of the composer. This flexibility within a structured framework exemplifies the balance between order and creativity that characterizes much of music composition and performance.
Comparison Chart
Definition
Segment of time defined by beats, separated by bar lines
Same as bar, term used interchangeably
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Purpose
Organize music into manageable sections
Same purpose as bar
Dictated by
Time signature (e.g., 4/4 or 3/4)
Same as bar
Use in Music
Framework for notation, rhythm, and structure
Same use as bar
Terminology Preference
Often regional (e.g., British English)
Often regional (e.g., American English)
Compare with Definitions
Bar
Dictated by the time signature.
In a 3/4 time signature, each bar contains three beats.
Measure
Facilitates the organization of musical ideas.
Each measure in the score was carefully annotated.
Bar
A segment in music defined by a set number of beats.
The melody repeats every 4 bars.
Measure
Defined by the time signature.
The song's 6/8 time signature means each measure has six beats.
Bar
Used to structure rhythms.
The drummer played a complex pattern over two bars.
Measure
Essential for synchronization among musicians.
The quartet counted every measure to stay in time.
Bar
Organizes music into sections.
The bar lines help musicians keep track of the piece's structure.
Measure
Choice of term can indicate regional language use.
The music teacher explained how to read measures in the score.
Bar
Regional preference for the term varies.
The composer noted an error in bar 32.
Measure
Another term for a bar in music, with no difference in meaning.
The challenging part of the piece starts at measure 56.
Bar
A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon
Bars on the windows
An iron bar
Measure
A reference standard or sample used for the quantitative comparison of properties
The standard kilogram is maintained as a measure of mass.
Bar
A counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served
Standing at the bar
Measure
A unit specified by a scale, such as an inch, or by variable conditions, such as a day's march.
Bar
A barrier or restriction to an action or advance
Political differences are not necessarily a bar to a good relationship
Measure
A system of measurement, such as the metric system.
Bar
Any of the short sections or measures, typically of equal time value, into which a piece of music is divided, shown on a score by vertical lines across the stave
The opening bars of the first hymn
Measure
The dimensions, quantity, or capacity of something as ascertained by comparison with a standard
Curtains made to measure.
Took his measure for the suit jacket.
Bar
A partition in a court room, now usually notional, beyond which most people may not pass and at which an accused person stands
The prisoner at the bar
Measure
A device used for measuring.
Bar
The profession of barrister
His dismissal from the Singapore Bar
Measure
The act of measuring
By measure the picture was four feet tall.
Bar
A unit of pressure equivalent to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre or approximately one atmosphere.
Measure
An evaluation or a basis of comparison
"the final measure of the worth of a society" (Joseph Wood Krutch).
Bar
Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars
She bolted and barred the door
Measure
Extent or degree
The problem was in large measure caused by his carelessness.
Bar
Prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something or from going somewhere
Journalists had been barred from covering the elections
Measure
A definite quantity that has been measured out
A measure of wine.
Bar
Mark (something) with bars or stripes
His face was barred with light
Measure
A fitting amount
A measure of recognition.
Bar
Except for
His kids were all gone now, bar one
Measure
A limited amount or degree
A measure of goodwill.
Bar
A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of solid material used as a fastener, support, barrier, or structural or mechanical member.
Measure
Limit; bounds
Generosity knowing no measure.
Bar
A solid oblong block of a substance or combination of ingredients, such as soap or candy.
Measure
Appropriate restraint; moderation
"The union of ... fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal" (William James).
Bar
A usually rectangular slice of any of various flat baked confections that are typically dense in texture.
Measure
An action taken as a means to an end; an expedient
Measures taken to improve energy efficiency.
Bar
A rectangular block of a precious metal.
Measure
A law or ballot initiative adopted by a legislature as a remedy for a problem.
Bar
See horizontal bar.
Measure
Poetic meter.
Bar
A horizontal rod that marks the height to be cleared in high jumping or pole vaulting.
Measure
(Music) The metric unit between two bars on the staff; a bar.
Bar
A standard, expectation, or degree of requirement
A leader whose example set a high bar for others.
Measure
To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of
Measured the height of the ceiling.
Bar
Something that impedes or prevents action or progress
A poor education was a bar to his ambitions.
Measure
To mark, lay out, or establish dimensions for by measuring
Measure off an area.
Bar
A ridge, as of sand or gravel, on a shore or streambed, that is formed by the action of tides or currents.
Measure
To mark off or apportion, usually with reference to a given unit of measurement
Measure out a pint of milk.
Bar
A narrow marking, as a stripe or band.
Measure
To allot or distribute as if by measuring; mete
The revolutionary tribunal measured out harsh justice.
Bar
A narrow metal or embroidered strip worn on a military uniform indicating rank or service.
Measure
To estimate by evaluation or comparison
"I gave them an account ... of the situation as far as I could measure it" (Winston S. Churchill).
Bar
Chiefly British A small insignia worn on a military decoration indicating that it has been awarded an additional time.
Measure
To bring into comparison
She measured her power with that of a dangerous adversary.
Bar
(Heraldry) A pair of horizontal parallel lines drawn across a shield.
Measure
To serve as a measure of
The inch measures length.
Bar
The nullification, defeat, or prevention of a claim or action.
Measure
To consider or choose with care; weigh
He measures his words with caution.
Bar
The process by which nullification, defeat, or prevention is achieved.
Measure
(Archaic) To travel over
"We must measure twenty miles today" (Shakespeare).
Bar
The railing in a courtroom separating the participants in a legal proceeding from the spectators.
Measure
To be of a specific measurement
The room measures 12 by 20 feet.
Bar
A court or courtroom.
Measure
To take a measurement.
Bar
Attorneys considered as a group. Used with the.
Measure
To allow of measurement
White sugar measures more easily than brown.
Bar
The profession of law. Used with the.
Measure
A prescribed quantity or extent.
Bar
A vertical line drawn through a staff to mark off a measure.
Measure
(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
Bar
A measure.
Measure
A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
Bar
Variant of barre.
Measure
An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
Bar
A counter at which drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, and sometimes food, are served.
Measure
The act or result of measuring.
Bar
An establishment or room having such a counter.
Measure
A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
A measure of salt
Bar
A unit of pressure equal to one million (106) dynes per square centimeter.
Measure
A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
Honesty is the true measure of a man.
Bar
To fasten securely with a long, straight, rigid piece of material
Barred the gate.
Measure
Any of various standard units of capacity.
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
Bar
To shut in or confine
Barred themselves in the basement.
Measure
A unit of measurement.
Bar
To obstruct or impede; block
Barred the access route.
Measure
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
Bar
To keep out; exclude
Tourists are barred from this room.
Measure
The act or process of measuring.
Bar
To prohibit or prevent (someone) from doing something
Failing the eye exam barred him from driving.
Measure
A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
Bar
To prohibit (an action)
The state bars the dumping of waste in the river.
Measure
A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
The greatest common measure of two or more numbers
Bar
(Law) To nullify, defeat, or prevent (a claim or action).
Measure
(geology) A bed or stratum.
Coal measures; lead measures
Bar
To rule out; except
Can we bar the possibility of foul play?.
Measure
(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.
Bar
To mark with stripes or bands.
Measure
Metrical rhythm.
Bar
Chiefly British Except for; excluding
This was your best performance, bar none.
Measure
A melody.
Bar
A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
The window was protected by steel bars.
Measure
A dance.
Bar
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.
We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.
Measure
(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
A poem in iambic measure
Bar
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
Bar of chocolate
Bar of soap
Measure
(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
Bar
A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
A bar of light
A bar of colour
Measure
A course of action.
Bar
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
Measure
(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
Bar
(typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨{{!}}⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly including oblique marks such as the slash.
Measure
A piece of legislation.
Bar
(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
Measure
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
We measured the temperature with a thermometer.
You should measure the angle with a spirit level.
Bar
(physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
Measure
(stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
The window measured two square feet.
Bar
A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
The street was lined with all-night bars.
Measure
To estimate the unit size of something.
I measure that at 10 centimetres.
Bar
The counter of such premises.
Step up to the bar and order a drink.
Measure
To judge, value, or appraise.
Bar
A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
Measure
To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
Bar
, juice bar, etc.}} Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
Measure
(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
Bar
An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
Measure
To adjust by a rule or standard.
Bar
An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
A burger bar
A local fish bar
Measure
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
Bar
An establishment offering cosmetic services.
A nail bar; a brow bar
Measure
A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
Bar
An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
The club has lifted its bar on women members.
Measure
An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
False ells and measures be brought all clean adown.
Bar
Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
Measure
The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Bar
A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
Suppose we have four objects, foo, bar, baz and quux.
Measure
The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal.
Bar
A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
Measure
Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure.
Bar
The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
Measure
Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days.
Bar
The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.
Measure
The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
Bar
Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
He was called to the bar, he became a barrister.
Measure
Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the performance of confession.
Bar
One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.
Measure
Regulated division of movement
Bar
(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
Measure
A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers; a denominator. See common denominator under denominator.
Bar
(music) One of those musical sections.
Measure
A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error.
Bar
(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
Measure
The act of measuring; measurement.
Bar
(metaphorical) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
Measure
Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
Say to her, we have measured many milesTo tread a measure with her on this grass.
Bar
The crossbar.
Measure
To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
Great are thy works, Jehovah, infiniteThy power! what thought can measure thee?
Bar
(backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
Measure
To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
Bar
An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
Measure
To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
A true devoted pilgrim is not wearyTo measure kingdoms with his feeble steps.
Bar
A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
Measure
To adjust by a rule or standard.
To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
Bar
A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
Measure
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; - often with out or off.
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun.
Bar
(heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
Measure
To make a measurement or measurements.
Bar
A city gate, in some British place names.
Measure
To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
Bar
(mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
Measure
To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.
Bar
(mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
Measure
The act or process of measuring;
The measurements were carefully done
His mental measurings proved remarkably accurate
Bar
(architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
Measure
A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
They set the measure for all subsequent work
Bar
(farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
Measure
How much there is of something that you can quantify
Bar
The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
Measure
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
The situation called for strong measures
The police took steps to reduce crime
Bar
(slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
Measure
A statute in draft before it becomes law;
They held a public hearing on the bill
Bar
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
Measure
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Bar
(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
Measure
Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
Bar
(transitive) To prohibit.
I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
Measure
Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
Bar
(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.
Bar the door
Measure
Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;
Measure the length of the wall
Bar
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
Measure
Express as a number or measure or quantity;
Can you quantify your results?
Bar
Except, other than, besides.
He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
Measure
Have certain dimensions;
This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches
Bar
(horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.
Measure
Place a value on; judge the worth of something;
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
Bar
A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood.
Bar
An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
Bar
Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
Must I new bars to my own joy create?
Bar
A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
Bar
Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
Bar
The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.
Bar
Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
Bar
A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
Bar
An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
Bar
A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
Bar
A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
Bar
The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
Bar
A drilling or tamping rod.
Bar
A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
Bar
To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
Bar
To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; - sometimes with up.
He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon.
Bar
To except; to exclude by exception.
Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge meBy what we do to-night.
Bar
To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly.
Bar
A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;
He drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
Bar
A counter where you can obtain food or drink;
He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
Bar
A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon;
There were bars in the windows to prevent escape
Bar
Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
Bar
An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
It was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
Bar
The act of preventing;
There was no bar against leaving
Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
Bar
(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter;
Unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter
Bar
A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore;
The boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river
Bar
The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction;
He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
Bar
A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);
A bar of chocolate
Bar
A portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
Bar
A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
Bar
A heating element in an electric fire;
An electric fire with three bars
Bar
(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
Spectators were not allowed past the bar
Bar
Prevent from entering; keep out;
He was barred from membership in the club
Bar
Render unsuitable for passage;
Block the way
Barricade the streets
Stop the busy road
Bar
Expel, as if by official decree;
He was banished from his own country
Bar
Secure with, or as if with, bars;
He barred the door
Common Curiosities
How does the time signature affect a bar or measure?
The time signature determines the number of beats in each bar or measure and what note value (e.g., quarter note, eighth note) counts as one beat.
How do musicians count bars or measures?
Musicians count bars or measures according to the time signature, keeping track of the beats per segment as they play or sing.
Is there a preference for using "bar" over "measure" in certain countries?
Yes, the preference can be regional, with "bar" being more common in British English and "measure" in American English.
How do composers use bars or measures in composing music?
Composers use bars or measures to structure musical ideas, create patterns, and ensure that the music flows coherently from one section to another.
Can the terms "bar" and "measure" be used interchangeably?
Yes, they can be used interchangeably with no difference in their application or meaning within the context of music.
Can the number of beats in a bar or measure change in a piece of music?
Yes, composers can change the time signature within a piece, altering the number of beats in subsequent bars or measures.
Are bar and measure the same in music?
Yes, "bar" and "measure" are terms used interchangeably in music to refer to the same concept of dividing music into segments of time dictated by the time signature.
Do all musical genres use bars and measures?
While most Western musical traditions use this system of notation, some musical genres and traditions from around the world may employ different methods for organizing and structuring music.
Why are bars or measures important in music?
They provide a structure for organizing music, making it easier for musicians to read, interpret, and perform music together in synchronization.
What role do bar lines play in music notation?
Bar lines are used to visually separate bars or measures on the musical staff, indicating the start and end of each segment.
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