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PRONUNCIATION OF LEDGER LINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEDGER LINE

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WHAT DOES LEDGER LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ledger line

Ledger line

A ledger line or leger line is used in Western musical notation to notate pitches above or below the lines and spaces of the regular musical staff. A line slightly longer than the note head is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distance as the lines within the staff. Although ledger lines are found occasionally in manuscripts of plainchant and early polyphony, it was only in the early 16th century in keyboard music that their use became at all extensive. Even then printers had an aversion to ledger lines which caused difficulties in setting type, wasting space on the page and causing a messy appearance. Vocal music employed a variety of different clefs to keep the range of the part on the staff as much as possible; in keyboard notation a common way of avoiding ledger lines was the use of "open score" on four staves with different clefs. When there are many notes in a passage requiring more than three ledger lines, it is often preferable to switch clef or use 8va notation. Some transposing instruments, such as the piccolo, double bass, guitar, and the tenor voice, transpose at the octave to avoid ledger lines.

Definition of ledger line in the English dictionary

The definition of ledger line in the dictionary is a short line placed above or below the staff to accommodate notes representing pitches above or below the staff. Other definition of ledger line is a line using ledger tackle.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEDGER LINE

led
LED display
Led Zeppelin
Leda
ledden
Lederberg
lederhosen
ledge
ledged
ledger
ledger board
ledgy
ledum
lee
lee wave
leeboard
leech
leechcraft
leechdom
leechlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEDGER LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
hotline
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of ledger line in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ledger line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEDGER LINE

Find out the translation of ledger line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ledger line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ledger line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

加线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea adicional
570 millions of speakers

English

ledger line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लेजर लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط دفتر الأستاذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

книга линия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha de contabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খনির লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne du grand livre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garis lejar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hilfslinie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

加線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원장 선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garis buku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dòng sổ cái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லெட்ஜர் கோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खतावणी ओळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Defteri çizgisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linea ledger
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linia Rygiel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

книга лінія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie registrul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραμμή καθολικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zetlijn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liggare linje
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hovedbok linje
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEDGER LINE»

The term «ledger line» is used very little and occupies the 165.401 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEDGER LINE»

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Songs for pianoforte, 1836-1837
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Camilla Cai. from beat 1. M. 59, В, beat 2, part 2, note resembles d'. M. 82, B, beat 2, part 2 (and beat 5, part 2 and beat 8, part 2), note resembles e'. M. 89, B, beat 1, D lacks ledger line. M. 92, Tr, quarter notes lack ...
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Camilla Cai, 1994
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A Grammar of Music: To which are Prefixed Observations ...
To which are Prefixed Observations Explanatory of the Properties and Powers of Music as a Science. And of the General Scope and Object of the Work Thomas Busby. the First Ledger Line below, — and the lower one, the Second Ledger Line ...
Thomas Busby, 1818
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Violin For Dummies, 2nd Edition
But if a composer or arranger needs to write a note that is higher or lower than what those five lines can handle, an extra little line called a ledger line comes to the rescue. A ledger line is just a little wider than the note head, and a note can sit ...
Katharine Rapoport, 2012
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A Catechism of Music. ... To which is affixed a short ...
A. They are,-—C, on the first ledger line. D, above the first ledger line. E, on the second ledger line. F, above the second ledger line. G, on the third ledger line. A, above the third ledger line. Q. What are the names of the ledger lines below the ...
Gertrude PLACE, 1856
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The Seraphina, or, Christian library of church music: ...
On the 1st Above th« 1st On the 2d Above the 2d Upper Upper Ledger Line. Upper Ledger Line. Upper Ledger Line. Ledger Line, Ac. Lower Ledger Line*. On the lit Lower Ledger Line. Below the lit Lower Ledger Line, -G- On the 2d Lower ...
John Winebrenner, 1862
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A catechism for the pianoforte student
B C D E F G A Q. What are the Notes below the Staff? A. F, below the staff; E, upon the first ledger line ; D, below the first ledger line ; C, upon the second ledger line ; B, below the second ledger line ; A, upon the third ledger line ; G, below the ...
John Hiles, 1882
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The science of music, comprised in a series of amusing and ...
Take only the Bass staff and ledger line notes. Shuffle and deal to each equally. All the staff notes take the ledger notes, and the ledger notes take the staff notes. For instance, F on the fourth line in the staff will be taken by the F either below ...
J G. Ritchie, 1879
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General musical instruction, tr. by G. Macirone. The musical ...
But as we wish to avoid a superabundance of lines, so, instead of a complete line , we place a small supernumerary line, called a Ledger line, near the staff which still strikes the eye as the principal object. Now we can 11 12 13 place the ...
Adolf Bernhard Marx, Josiah Pittman, 1854
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Beginning Piano for Adults: The Grown-up Approach to Playing ...
Using the G line as a reference point, it is easy to fill in the rest of the note names on the treble staff. Note that middle C is not on the staff, but on a line below the treble staff. This line is called a ledger line. Ledger lines are used to extend the ...
Karl Mueller, 2003
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General Musical Instruction
But as we wish to avoid a superabundance of lines, so, instead of a complete line , we place a small supernumerary line, called a Ledger line, near the staff which still strikes the eye as the principal object. Now we can 3. __———___—_____ ...
Adolf Bernhard Marx, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEDGER LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ledger line is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thanks, taxpayers! Matthew McConaughey's $165k Houston …
She later said continuing education is “is simply a ledger line item. Money is not being pulled from resources designated for educational ... «Town Hall, May 15»
2
'Right to be forgotten', one year on: It's a minefield for the private …
... online reputation management – like its now ubiquitous predecessors web design and SEO – will become a ledger line on every marcoms ... «PR Week, May 15»
3
Silver Supply-Demand Fundamentals Give A Reason To Buy
and likely appears again also on another ledger line of this same accounting. Does this accounting presume to include changes in Central ... «Seeking Alpha, Mar 15»
4
Faith adds dimension to financial education programs
... budget to bake a cake for a close friend, she dipped into another budget category — and crossed more than a ledger line with her husband. «Waco Tribune-Herald, Mar 15»
5
With One Championship In Hand, Erica Enders-Stevens Eyes More
His budget for Elite is not on the same ledger line as some of the others. Cash was so short at Elite last year that the team had to withdraw from ... «ESPN, Feb 15»
6
Marketing Confusion Can Lead To Bad Government
No insurance policy can be written on past opinions, even if a ledger line for goodwill has a huge number in it (worse, such valuations have led ... «Forbes, Feb 15»
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Real threats start with humans, not technology
When web development first appeared as a budget ledger line there was often debate in major organisations as to whether it should be ... «SC Magazine UK, Jul 14»
8
“Women of a Certain Age” Are Still 4th Graders At Heart
When students figured out the only reason they were supposed to show up for school was to satisfy a number on a ledger line, it was going to ... «Jefferson Public Radio, Jul 14»
9
Syrian Ceasefire Crumbles as Aid Workers Injured
Notes in middle staff would just be "N". (N+X, AN, ABN). Ex: High A or the first A above ledger line A would be: (1+A, 8, 1000). The next A would ... «TIME, Feb 14»
10
CES 2014: Seido Intros OBEX for Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Seidio also takes their LEDGER line of cases to protect an even wider array of gizmos. Made with Italian Polyurethane, the LEDGER now ... «Crave Online, Jan 14»

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