birama

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “termination, stop”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [biˈra.ma]
Hyphenation: bi‧ra‧ma

Noun

birama (first-person possessive biramaku, second-person possessive biramamu, third-person possessive biramanya)

(music) bar.
1. A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
2. One of those musical sections.
Synonym: metrum

Related terms

irama

Further reading

“birama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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