LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.186 measure

## 1.186 measure

ES: compás, I: misura, battuta, F: mesure, D: Takt, NL: maat, DK: takt, S: takt, FI: tahti.

A group of beats (units of musical time) the first of which bears an accent. Such groups in numbers of two or more recur consistently throughout the composition and are separated from each other by bar lines.

#### See also

bar line, beat, meter.

#### LilyPond — Music Glossary v2.22.2 (stable-branch).