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/bis
/adverb Music
(As a direction) again.An alternate way to designate the repeat of a two-measure phrase is the use of word bis (meaning twice) centered in brackets over the phrase....
- If a short passage of two or three bars is to be repeated then the phrase itself might be highlighted with a line with square ends lying above the bar and the word bis in the middle of the line.
- For short passages of a bar or so,the word Bis is used.
Origin
Via French and Italian from Latin, literally 'twice'.
Rhymes
BIS2
abbreviation
Bank for International Settlements.
- Broken Arrow
- broken chord
- broken colour
- broken-down
- broken-field
- broken heart
- broken-hearted
- broken-heartedness
- broken heart syndrome
- Broken Hill
- broken home
- broken-in
- brokenly
- brokenness
- broken record
- broken wind
- broken-winded
- broken window
- broker
- brokerage
- broker-dealer
- broking
- brolga
- brolly
- brom-