ledger line in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ledger line in the English»French Dictionary

ledger [Brit ˈlɛdʒə, Am ˈlɛdʒər] N

I.line [Brit lʌɪn, Am laɪn] N

1. line:

line ART
line SPORTS (on pitch, court)
line MATH
to cross the line SPORTS

2. line (row):

file f (of de)

14. line (conformity):

III.line [Brit lʌɪn, Am laɪn] VB trans

ledger line in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ledger line in the English»French Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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His musical staff may include five or six ledger lines, depending on the picture.
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In modular systems, the purchase or general ledger line will be re-created in the appropriate book with a hook back to the invoice.
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However, when music is scored for a soprano whistle it will be written an octave lower than it sounds, to spare ledger lines and make it much easier to read.
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Some transposing instruments, such as the piccolo, double bass, guitar, and the tenor voice, transpose at the octave to avoid ledger lines.
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This transposition applies even when reading the tenor and treble clef, which are used to avoid excessive ledger lines when notating the instrument's upper range.
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The note will lie on a ledger line.
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The use of different clefs for different instruments and voices allows each part to be written comfortably on the stave with a minimum of ledger lines.
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I will write in the names of very high or low notes, rather than count the ledger lines each time.
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Clefs were generally chosen to match the vocal range of a given voice, so as to avoid the need of ledger lines.
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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.
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