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leger line

Meaning of "leger line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGER LINE

ˈlɛdʒə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGER LINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leger line is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LEGER LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGER LINE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGER LINE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGER 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 leger line in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «leger line» into 25 languages

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The translations of leger 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 «leger line» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

捷行
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

línea leger
570 millions of speakers
en

English

leger line
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Leger लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط يجيه
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Леже линия
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

linha leger
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

লিজার লাইন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ligne leger
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Garis leger
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hilfslinie
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

レジェライン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

레제 라인
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Leger baris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dòng Leger
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

லேகர் வரி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लेझर लाइन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Leger hattı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

linea leger
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

linia Leger
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Леже лінія
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

linie Leger
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

leger γραμμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zetlijn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leger linje
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Leger linje
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGER LINE»

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The Angler's Guide: Being a Complete Practical Treatise on ...
LEGER-LINE OR TRIMMER, FOR JACK, EELS, &c. The leger-line is made of plaited silk, whip or lay- cord, about twelve yards iu length, to which affix a hook tied to gimp, and about a loot above fasten a bullet, or a piece of flat lead, perforated, ...
Thomas Frederick Salter, 1816
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Diane's Music Workbook
A good word to remember for these notes is A C E. A C E will spell the leger lines above or below, but always start at the bottom with A. In other words, the High Treble Leger Lines would be: one leger line A, two leger lines C and three leger ...
Diane Mallard Mcgahee, 2005
3
Templi Carmina
C—fa—Second leger line ahove.— Base. E-la—Second leger line ahove.— D sol Second space ahove. B mi Second space ahove. A—la—First leger line ubove.-—— -—_-—-—C—t's—First leger line ahove. G sol First space ahove. B mi First ...
‎1828
4
Rudiments of musical grammar, the substance of lectures
When more than one leger line has to be added to the top of the bass stave, it must be considered as an extract from the treble stave : vice versa, when more than one leger line has to be added to the bottom of the treble stave it must be ...
John Pyke Hullah, 1857
5
An Essay towards a Rational System of Music
... are denominated by the same letters, in the same order, with the addition of the words in all. ,- thus, the space above the five lines being called G, the first leger line above is A in alt. the space above that line is B in alt. the second leger line is  ...
John HOLDEN (Musician), 1807
6
Singing for schools and congregations: a course of ...
Let it be noticed that the standard c is found on the leger line below the staff of the treble clef, and on the leger line above that of the bass. Thus, by the first clef is represented the notes which females and children sing in pitching a tune from a ...
Singing, John Curwen, 1848
7
You Can Play Hymns: A Basic Course in Piano Hymn-Playing
The E line of the F clef shown on page 79 is a leger line. True The B line of the G clef shown on page 79 is a leger line. True A slur is a to connect notes . False False 1 2 . A phrase is shown by a 1 3 . In 6/8 time the 6 means there are 1 4 . In 6/8 ...
Donna R. Wangsgard, 1991
8
An introduction to music
Beginning again at the 4th line F and proceeding with the notes and letters, upwards and forwards, we shall find C (the 5th degree above jF, that is, the middle C of the scale and tenor cliff degree) upon the 1st leger line above the stave. Again ...
Anne Gunn, 1803
9
Music, Arts and Physical Education
Let us now look at the treble staff showing the pitch names of the lines and spaces, starting with the first leger line below the staff (middle C) up to the first leger line above the staff which is A. We should know well the pitch names of notes.
10
Xylophone and Marimba Method
LESSON 19 - LEGER - LINES AND LEGER - SPACES Passing Date To write notes above or below the staff, a short line known as a leger-line is used. The space on either side of this line is known as a leger-space. Let us now climb above the ...
Shaefer, Florence
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