16 bars

[B Girl]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 4:22pm

How much is 16 bars of music? is it basically 16 of the lines that you see in sheet music? i know it's a basic question but please get back to me anyone who knows

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:05pm

if you can read music --

16 bars is 16 measures.

if you can't read music --

look at a sheet of music. see how there are thin vertical lines every inch or two in the music? the space in between two of those vertical lines is a measure. you need 16 of them.

does that make sense?

maggie

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 6:58pm

What Sporti said. And if you can't read music -

Learn!

It's an incredibly essential skill. If you go to a music store and pick up a children's piano book, it will have basic music theory. (Check with a clerk to make sure.) Or pick up a book that focuses on theory and teach yourself the basics. Learn about time signatures, note values, etc. Not knowing very basic theory WILL hurt you. (Not to pick on you - this is to anyone reading this. Learn to read sheet music! It will make you a much better singer!)

[Jon]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 3:33pm

As a rule of thumb, if you need a 16 bar audition piece, you usually want to use the LAST sixteen bars of the chorus, so you get the climax of the song and the high notes at the end. In other words, start after the "bridge".

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 3:41pm

when you say "lines of music" -- do you mean the horizontal lines that go all the way across the paper?

if so, those are called SYSTEMS.

each system has probably 3-5 measures (or bars) in it.

as you can see, if you performed 16 systems of music, it would be far too long!!