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

[Christophe Rhodes]

Robert Strandh <strandh at labri.fr> writes:

> Magnus Johansson has suggested that Gsharp use the term "bar", rather
> than "measure" in the user documentation to indicate the music
> material between two barlines. 
>
> 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 ...

> 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.

Cheers,

Christophe