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ˈledg·er line N MUS

ledger line

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The note will lie on a ledger line. en.wikipedia.org

Notes outside the range of the staff are placed on or between ledger lines -- lines the width of the note they need to hold -- added above or below the staff. en.wikipedia.org

His musical staff may include five or six ledger lines, depending on the picture. www.popmatters.com

Clefs were generally chosen to match the vocal range of a given voice, so as to avoid the need of ledger lines. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

Some transposing instruments, such as the piccolo, double bass, guitar, and the tenor voice, transpose at the octave to avoid ledger lines. en.wikipedia.org

In modular systems, the purchase or general ledger line will be re-created in the appropriate book with a hook back to the invoice. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

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