bar

1. A vertical line drawn acro the stave just before the major accent of each measure; since the bar separates the measures, the word is incorrectly used to denote the measure itself. In psalmody used to mark the end of lines and phrases. 2. A general division of the song of the Meister singer; it included 2 Stollen and an Abgesang. 3. Vide BARRER. bar’baro, I. Barbarous(ly).