when rappers talk about spitting bars, what do they mean?

Question

i am trying to learn exactly what a bar is, i deal with music everyday i and i keep getting a different answer as to what a bar is, so could somebody please explain to me what a bar is??

Answer 1

a bar is simply a certain length of music. also known as a "measure". The Length of the bar is determined by the TIME SIGNATURE. 99% of rap, at least the stuff i've heard is in 4/4 time. this simply means that there are 4 beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat. but you don't really need to know what that means until you get into the OTHER time signatures, which in rap will be never.


listen to the beat. you should be able to feel the "pulse" of the music. when the bass drum hits, that's the ONE, the snare is the TWO, then the next Bass Drum is THREE, the next snare is FOUR. then the bar starts over again. listen to how stuff repeats, like the samples, keyboards & such. usually this will help to find the "ONE". try to find the simplest song and count thru it. then repeat one hundred million times. after a while it'll be easy.

I hope this helps!!!
peace
KG

Answer 2

Spitting Bars

Answer 3

Spittin Bars

Answer 4

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Answer 5

bar is 4 lines of lyrics...i think
or it mite be 5...