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Conges terminology question

210 months ago

Gisele (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Portuguese
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	bar
Context:	They only played a few bars
Keywords:	Music, musicians playing an instrument

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210 months ago

wrote:

compassos.

My comment:

Dependendo do contexto podemos dizer que "só tocaram algumas notas", pois é assim que dizemos naturalmente, no entanto, "bars" significa compassos.

My references:

Oxford Dic. - Music : any of the short sections or measures into which a piece of music is divided, shown on a score by vertical lines across the stave.

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210 months ago

Mafalda d´Orey Faria wrote:

compassos

My comment:

'Eles apenas tocaram alguns compassos' (da melodia/música)

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210 months ago

gabrielnogueira wrote:

bar/casa noturna

My comment:

No plural "bares" ou "casas noturnas"

My references:

http://www.direito2.com.br/tjsc/2008/abr/28/bares-brigam-por-som-ao-vivo-e-querela-vai-parar-na-justica

http://www.vejasaopaulo.com.br/revista/vejasp/roteirosdasemana/listas/bares/m0102439.html

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210 months ago

EG-Keith wrote:

acordes (compassos)

My comment:

According to the definition I found for "bar" (see below), the LITERAL translation would be "compassos".

"Acorde" (chord) has to do with different musical notes (sounds) played or sung together to form a harmony. As for "compasso", it has to do with the rhythmical cadence, or "tempo" (see below, also).

However, it's more common, in Portuguese, to say, for example "Chegamos atrasados ao concerto, mas a orquestra mal havia tocado os primeiros acordes" ("We arrived late at the concert, but the orchestra had just played a few chords") than to say "Chegamos atrasados ao concerto, mas a orquestra mal havia tocado os primeiros compassos" (We arrived late at the concert, but the orchestra had just played a few bars").

Hope it helps!

Good luck!

My references:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=dictionary&q=bar

16. Music.
a. Also called bar line. the line marking the division between two measures of music.
b. double bar.
c. the unit of music contained between two bar lines; measure.

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/definir_resultados.aspx

s. m.,
Mús.,
conjunto de sons que formam harmonia.

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/definir_resultados.aspx

Mús.,
medida dos tempos em música;
cada uma das porções compreendidas entre travessões de um trecho musical;