Brecht's primitive notation used no time signature or bar lines, as the rhythm was to follow that of the words, which were not to be distorted when sung.
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Three other movements proceed straight into what follows with just a singlebarlineand (where necessary) a change of key signature or time signature.
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At a more detailed level, particular generic aspects of playing are discussed, such as getting away from the tyranny of thebarline.
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Finally, the doublebarlineis used to indicate a break in the music.
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Furthermore, all of the dissonances respect the boundary of thebarline.
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Thebarlinesystem was accordingly designed to avoid the frequency bands associated with visually-induced epilepsy.
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Their record of immigration, above the colourbarline, has been wide and varied.
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The last bar of this movement is fragmentary, and does not have abarline, nor a fermata to indicate the end of the movement.
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Below are two musical bars separated by thebarline.
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However, bar lines were added in pencil on the score at some point and the poetic cue was crossed out.
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Tempus measures are indicated by a stroke above the stave, modus measures by dotted bar lines.
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If the user changes the time signature, thebarlineplacements change automatically, and beam scopes are automatically recomputed as directed by the new time signature.
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The aspirate melody's languorous treatment of bar lines runs counter to the rigid feel of the standard fanfare, as does the dreamy minor key setting.
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They are also unaccompanied, obviously similar in tone colour, and consciously structured to give, paradoxically, the impression of natural, 'naive' musical expression that is freely improvised without rigid bar lines.
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It is notated wholly without bar lines, so that its poetic timelessness is also literal.
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