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Hey,
I've got a question about a piano symbol I don't quite understand. I've recently picked up playing piano again after quite a while and trying to learn to play a new piece, but I'm stuck on this part where there's a Double Bar. I searched Wiki but the definition didn't really help me much.

So could anyone please explain to me what I'm supposed to do when a Double Bar comes up on my music sheet?
If an example could given from this that would help as well :
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii156/Liqu1dd/canoninc_page2.jpg

Thanks in advance

There is often nothing that you are supposed to do at a double-bar line; it simply indicates the end of a section and the beginning of another section.

However, sometimes you will find a double bar line with two dots (in the right hand in the A and C spaces, and in the left hand in the C and E spaces at the beginning of the bar. This will be followed later by another double-bar line with two dots in the same spaces at the end of the bar. This is the symbol for repeating the entire section between the double-bar lines. When you get to the second double-bar line with the (total of) four dots, then you go back to the bar where you saw the first instance of these dots and repeat the entire section. After repeating the section, you go on to the next section of the piece, if there is one.

In the example you gave, there is no repeat sign; you do nothing at the double-bar line - except keep on playing, of course.

Regards,

Ahh ok then, the reason I asked was because when I start playing that section, it didn't sound right so I thought maybe I'm not playing it correctly. Thank you though, I will keep trying