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  • The pulse of music is organized into groups called measure or bar.

    The phenomenon could be visually illustrated like this:

    • xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx ((groups of 4 members)
    • ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo (groups of 3 members)
    • ///// ///// ///// ///// (groups of 5 members)

    In music, grouping can be based on one or more of the following:

    • the difference in tone pitches
    • differences in tone volume
    • differences in the duration of the tones
    • differences in the sound color