Bars is different for boys and girls gymnastics. Boys gymnastics has two different events that include bars, but I know basically nothing about those events, so today I will just stick to talking about what I know. Women's gymnastics has an event called the Uneven Bars. The name is literal: there are two wooden bars that are connected but are at different heights, one low bar and one high bar, and are different lengths apart based on how far apart certain gymnasts need them to be. At competitions, every gymnast performs a bar routine. Your level determines how many elements or skills are required for your routine. For me, I am required to have eight elements in my routine. One must be a mount, or way you get onto the bar (there are plenty to choose from) and a dismount, how you get off the bar (there are also plenty of dismounts to choose from). Most girls don't have an identical bar routine because of the number of different elements that you can choose to put in your routine. Of course, the element must be difficult enough but not too difficult for your level. Certain girls definitely have more skills than others. Unfortunately for me, I am not one of the girls who has a lot of bar skills. I have the bare minimum, to say the least.
Basic Mounts
Pull-overs and kips are the only two mounts I have ever done. A pull-over is when you literally pull yourself over the bar into a front-support position, which is when you are on the bar, supporting yourself with your arms, which are straight. A kip is more difficult. You glide on the bar to get into a kip and then you do a certain motion that also has you end up in a front-support. A kip is kind of hard to explain without a visual or tutorial video, which is why a link to one is included at the bottom.
Basic Dismounts
Many dismounts I have done are too difficult to explain, but I will try to explain one that might be easier for you to understand. A fly-away is the basic dismount. And once you have it, and it is pretty difficult to get, you do more difficult dismounts that are built off of a simple fly-away. You basically are in a front-support on the high bar, you cast (swing your legs back and drive your heels down and out) and swing around the bar and let go when you are at about 180 degrees and you flip off and land on a mat in front of the high bar. Once you get the fly-away, you begin to straighten out. You originally get it in a tuck position, then you get a pike (when your legs are flat and your knees are touching your stomach), and then eventually a layout (flat body).
Rips
Rips are another thing you should be prepared for if you want to become a gymnast. You get a rip once you swing on the bar so much that you literally rip off a layer of your skin. Often times you also bleed where you got the rip. Also, many girls don't rip. Obviously, everyone has different types of skin and girls who have thicker skin don't rip as often. Again, unfortunately for me, I don't have very thick skin on my hands, which is probably why I rip so often. That's basically the only disclaimer for bars, except for the chance of falling off, but that doesn't happen very often at all.
Grips
You should also know about grips. Once you reach a certain level or once you begin to do certain skills that require them, you must get a pair of grips. They are made of leathery material and cover the palms of your hands to help prevent rips (which doesn't work for me) and to help you keep your grip on the bar during skills where it is possible you could lose your grip. When you first get a pair of grips you have to break them in. Breaking them in is a long process and is kind of painful, but once you finally do break them in, you can't imagine what bars was like without them.
~Once I am able to do gymnastics again, I will be sure to post some of my own videos, but in the meantime, here are some links to videos showing basic bar skills:
pull-over video
kip video
back hip circle video
front-hip-circle video
free-hip/clear-hip video
cast handstand video
squat on video
fly away video
*this is a picture of a standard set of uneven bars*
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