What is a bar in sheet music?

Question

i have to sing 32 bars for an audition.
If you can help me with a different question:
Is Reflection (pop version) from the movie Mulan written by:Matthew Wilder 32 bars if so where do I stop singing

Thanx

Answer 1

She gave you a good image to look at, but another way to think of it is that 16 bars usually translates to about one minute of music. So 32 bars would be about 2 minutes. Usually for an audition you want to sing the strongest part of the song and that's usually the end so assuming you can sing it, count the bars backwards from the end and see where you end up on the music. Find the most appropriate place to start and go from there. My daughter only has the music for 16 bars and these are the lyrics that includes:

Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Some how I cannot hide who I am though I've tried. When will my reflection show who I am inside?

There's one chord before it starts and about 3 bars of music after. The whole selection is technically 20 bars, but they don't usually split hairs to that extent :-)

Oh and I wouldn't go with the 'pop' version unless you were specifically told to do so.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Sheet Music Bar

Answer 3

A bar is the same as a measure. A measure is the distance between bar lines. 32 bars of music would be 32 measures of the song.

This is a picture of two bar lines: http://www.tabwiki.com/images/5/53/Sheetlesson_2.PNG

Count how many bar lines, or measures, are in Reflection and choose where you want to start and stop for 32 bars.

Answer 4

my mom says its a symbol, but i think its where you can get drinks.