Beide

As Printed on a Score

Printed over a part after it has been divided — after 1. and 2., or I. and II. — to bring both players or halves back onto the line; it lasts until the next division.

How Composers Use It

Both: in orchestral parts it reunites a split staff, the German equivalent of a 2 or zu 2. Use it to cancel 1. or 2. indications rather than leaving the reader to infer the change from note stems. In keyboard music it can ask for both hands.

Example

Bruckner, Symphony No. 5, first movement, first-violin staff, m. 9: “beide”, after “II.” at m. 5 and “I.” at m. 6, with “dim. sempre” two bars later.

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