Meaning

2 senses
  1. A fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; a ligger.

  2. A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; 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.

    Hilfslinie

    a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff

Translations

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By meaning 1
notation to inscribe notes outside the musical staffs:

Forms

plural: ledger lines

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff:leger line

See also

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