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Definition of Ledger line
1. Noun. A short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff.
Definition of Ledger line
1. Noun. A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staffs; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ledger Line
Literary usage of Ledger line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The etymology of the word was ill-understood, and it was confused with OF legier,
light ; see Ledger-line. Hence it was some- - LEDGER-LINE, ..."
2. The Seraphina, Or, Christian Library of Church Music: Containing a Large and by John Winebrenner (1862)
"Upper ledger line. Upper ledger line. Upper ledger line. ledger line, to. ...
ledger line, Ac. N» B.—Very few ledger lines are required for vocal music. 7. ..."
3. The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Edward Fitzgibbon (1854)
"In fishing with the ledger-line, you cannot ground-bait too profusely for three
or four nights before you begin to fish, and whilst you are doing ..."
4. The Garner: Songs and Hymns for Sunday-schools, Prayer Meetings, Temerance by John R. Sweney (1878)
"lBt space 2d ledger line above the staff. 1st ledger line below the staff. 2d do.
do. The STAFF consists of five parallel Lines, and the four Spaces between ..."
5. The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions edited by Luke Herbert (1880)
"... as will be seen by the annexed scale, with the c, the first ledger line under
the treble cleff, which is usually the compass of a female voice. ..."
6. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"One of the five lines making up the staff (q. \.). added, or ledger line.
Vide LEDGER. lingua (Hn'-gwa), /. i. The tongue in a reed. 2. The reed itself. ..."
7. The Natural Method of Writing Music with Some Familiar Pieces Written in the by Levi Orser (1893)
"Thus the eighth is the first tone of the succeeding octave, and is written under
the first ledger line above the staff, which in fact stands for the first ..."
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