[gsharp-devel] "bar" or "measure"

[Robert Strandh]

Christophe Rhodes writes:

 > > The book by Ross uses "measure" rather than "bar" but it uses
 > > "barline", and not "measure line" (which I have never heard).  What do
 > > other authors use?
 > 
 > I believe that the UK uses "bar" with the same meaning as the US uses
 > "measure", and ...

OK. 

 > > Internally, of course, there is still a distinction between "bar",
 > > which is the music material between two barlines within a layer, and
 > > "measure" which is the music material between two barlines of every
 > > layer, but this fact does not necessarily influence our choice of
 > > user-level terminology.
 > >
 > > On the other hand, we might want to make that distinction to the user
 > > as well, in which case we might as well use the same one internally
 > > and to the user.
 > 
 > ... sadly neither "bar" nor "measure" really has the nuance that is
 > visible here.

The only alternative, then, seems to be to invent new terminology to
emphasize that nuance, perhaps something along the lines of "partial
bar" and "complete measure"?

-- 
Robert Strandh

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