[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)
From: |
David Raleigh Arnold |
Subject: |
Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines) |
Date: |
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:32:04 -0400 |
User-agent: |
KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.32-4-686-bigmem; KDE/4.4.4; i686; ; ) |
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:47:39 +1000, Nick Payne wrote:
> On 02/09/10 12:51, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
>> Ledger and leger are different words, with different meanings and
>> different derivations from different languages. The confusion of leger
>> with ledger is not merely a spelling error. Regards, daveA
>>
> According to my copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, the correct
usage
> is "ledger line". Under "ledger", it gives one of the definitions as:
>
> 3. Mus. Ledger line, a short line added temporarily above or below the
> stave to extend its compass.
>
> There is no corresponding definition for music under "leger".
Shameful for an institution supposedly making a specialty of
researching and supplying derivations. Everyone has copied them.
It's not the first time.
I don't think there is a general dictionary in print that does
a good job on music. The Random House Dictionary was the best IMO.
We are stuck with the HDM.
/leggiero/ as a musical direction means "lightly", but "leger" in
the sense of leger line clearly comes from the French "l�ger", meaning
light or slight.
l�ger
, -�re
adj
[poids] light
[bruit, retard, am�lioration, hausse] slight
un l�ger retard a slight delay
bless� l�ger slightly injured person
[vin] light
[parfum] delicate
[couche, �toffe] thin
(peu s�rieux) lightweight
Just trying to staff off chaos. ;-) Regards, daveA
--
For beginners: very easy guitar music, solos, duets, exercises. Early
intermediate guitar solos. One best scale set for all guitarists.
http://www.openguitar.com/scalescomparison.html ::: plus new and
better chord and arpeggio exercises. http://www.openguitar.com
- letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Raleigh Arnold, 2010/09/01
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), Nick Payne, 2010/09/01
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines),
David Raleigh Arnold <=
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), Alexander Kobel, 2010/09/02
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), Phil Holmes, 2010/09/02
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Raleigh Arnold, 2010/09/02
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Rogers, 2010/09/02
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Raleigh Arnold, 2010/09/02
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Rogers, 2010/09/02
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Raleigh Arnold, 2010/09/04
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), Werner LEMBERG, 2010/09/04
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), Phil Holmes, 2010/09/04
- Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines), David Raleigh Arnold, 2010/09/04