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Grade 1: Adding missing bar lines: Introduction

* If you are a complete novice it is advisable to read the following modules before attempting questions on adding missing bar lines:

1. Notes & note values

2. Simple time signatures

Here is a typical question for grade 1 about adding missing bar lines.

Add the missing bar lines to this melody.  The first bar line is given.


To work out where to place missing bar lines in any given melody it is important to look at the time signature. The time signatures you will use in grade 1 will be 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. The top number tells you how many beats per bar and the bottom number tells you the value of each beat. We use the figure 4 to mean crotchet, therefore 2/4 will be 2 crotchet beats in a bar, 3/4 will be 3 crotchet beats in a bar and 4/4 will be 4 crotchet beats in a bar.

Count the number of beats as shown by the time signature then place a bar line on the stave.

The answer to the question is shown below:

 

Grade 1: Adding missing bar lines

Grade 1: Adding missing bar lines

Download the following questions or write the notes on manuscript before completing.

Question 1

Add the missing bar lines to this melody. The first bar line is given.

Answer 1

Analysis: The time signature is 4/4 meaning the equivalent of four crotchet beats per bar.  Count four crotchet beats then place a bar line on the stave.  Remember that two quaver beats equals a crotchet beat.  Also a dotted crotchet followed by a quaver is the same value as two crotchets.

Question 2

Add the missing bar lines to this melody. The first bar line is given.

Answer 2

Analysis: The time signature is 3/4 meaning the equivalent of three crotchet beats per bar.  Count three crotchet beats then place a bar line on the stave.  Remember that two quaver beats equals a crotchet beat.  Also a minim is the same time value as two crotchets.  In the melody we have two semiquavers which equal the value of a quaver.

Question 3

Add the missing bar lines to this melody. The first bar line is given.

Answer 3

Analysis: The time signature is 4/4 meaning the equivalent of four crotchet beats per bar.  Count four crotchet beats then place a bar line on the stave.  Remember that two quaver beats equals a crotchet beat.  The minim is equal to the time value of two crotchets.

Question 4

Add the missing bar lines to this melody. The first bar line is given.

Answer 4

Analysis: The time signature is 3/4 meaning the equivalent of three crotchet beats per bar.  Count three crotchet beats then place a bar line on the stave.  Remember that two quaver beats equals a crotchet beat.  The minim is the same time value as two crotchets.

Question 5

Add the missing bar lines to this melody. The first bar line is given.

Answer 5

Analysis: The time signature is 4/4 meaning the equivalent of four crotchet beats per bar.  Count four crotchet beats then place a bar line on the stave.  Remember that two quaver beats equals a crotchet beat.  The minim beat has the same time value at two crotchets.

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