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Re:Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979) by tnecniv on Saturday December 17, 2016 @05:59PM (#13203228)
Was bar placement not standardized to be at the end of every measure?
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Re:Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979) by gardano on Sunday December 18, 2016 @03:59AM (#13204984)
No, bars were not standardised at all!

One could interpret placement of barlines as something close to paragraph markers -- not all the time, but often enough that they seem to indicate specific intent.

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