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 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
