gitar metodu

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Measures
Vertical lines divide the staff at periodic intervals. These lines are called barlines. The area
from one barline to the next is called a measure. Often the terms "bar" and "measure" are
used interchangeably. At the very end of a piece of music, a double barline is used.
Occasionally, a double barline is used at the beginning of a new section within a longer
piece of music.
A repeat sign, consisting of a double barline with dots placed on both sides of the 3rd line of
the staff, is used to indicate that a section should be repeated.
barline
measure
repeat sign
Meter and Time Signature
The time signature is placed on the staff after the clef sign, and it consist of two numbers.
The top number indicates the number of counts in one measure.
The bottom number indicates which note value receives one count
Since the bottom number indicates the note value that receives one count, you should expect to
see either the number 1 (whole note, actually this is very rare), the number 2 (half note), the
number 4 (quarter note) or the number 8 (eighth note). On rare occasions, you might even see
the number 16 (sixteenth note) as the bottom number. The top number could be any number but
it is most commonly a 2, 3, 4 or 6.
A time signature of 4/4 would indicate that a quarter note receives one count (bottom number
is 4) and there are four counts to each measure (top number is 4)
Time Signature
top number =
number of counts in one measure
bottom number =
type of note which receives one count