When a rapper say he did a few 'bars' on a song, what does 'bars' mean?

Answer 1

Music, when written out is on music sheets. Almost all music is written in a certain time - 4/4, 3/4, 5/8

This means 4 beats per bar, 4 bars per phrase. (4/4)

Think of a phrase of music like a whole sentence and bars as thoughts that make up the sentence.

Try this:

Tap a slow beat at about 1 beat per second.

Then sing Row Row Row Your Boat in time to your tapping.

Each line you sing is a bar, and the whole first verse is a phrase. You will end up with 16 beats.

So when a rappers say he or she contributed a few "bars" on a song, it usually means a few lines of lyrics.

This does not include backing vocals, or sampled parts from other songs.

Answer 2

Most music is in 4/4 time, meaning that there are four beats per bar. (I've never heard a rap song that wasnt' in 4/4 time). So, on that song, when you count one-two-three-four, that's one bar.

If you look at sheet music, there are vertical lines every so often, the notes in between two vertical lines represents one bar.

a few bars means, he probably did 5 or 6 seconds.

Answer 3

The notes of music comprising a song are called bars. so he basically played a few lines of music, but not the whole song.

Answer 4

lines...he played a few lines of a song instead of the whole song

Answer 5

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