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it depends on what time signature you are working with. 4/4, which is the most common time signature, means there are 4 beats per measure and a quarter note = 1 beat. so a bar line would go after any combination of notes that equals 4 beats (4 quarter notes, 2 half notes, 1 whole note, 1 half note and 2 quarts notes...etc.) as long as you know how many beats there are per measure, then you can determine where to put the bar lines.

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The barline divides music into measures, which are the smallest metrical divisions in a composition. A measure contains a fixed number of beats and is marked off by a vertical line called a "bar", hence the word "barline".

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