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dotted bar line

dotted bar line noun: a symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading.

dotted bar line: a symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of...
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Noun

dotted bar line (plural dotted bar lines)

  1. A symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading.

Forms of dotted bar line

pluraldotted bar lines

Questions about dotted bar line

What does dotted bar line mean?
Dotted bar line means a symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading.
What part of speech is dotted bar line?
Dotted bar line is a noun.
What is the plural of dotted bar line?
The plural of dotted bar line is dotted bar lines.

Words near dotted bar line in the dictionary

  1. Dott
  2. dottard
  3. dottards
  4. dotted
  5. dotted and carried
  6. dotted bar line
  7. dotted bar lines
  8. dotted decimal
  9. dotted decimals
  10. dotted down
  11. dotted gizzard shad

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