Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-04 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Saturday 04 September 2010 09:28:36 Phil Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "David Raleigh Arnold" > No-one cares, and it's not going to be changed. Thanks for the discussion. :-) Regards, daveA http://www.openguitar.com/refs/leger-line.html -- For beginners: very easy gu

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-04 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "David Raleigh Arnold" You continue to ignore the evident fact that the English "ledger" and French "leger" are not the same word. Since the spelling "leger" was in use to indicate the slight lines, and since "leger" was not used for a beam or large book, the

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-04 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> That's a pretty sorry performance, don't you think? Before it's getting personal: It's quite obvious that noone on the list is an expert for finding out a correct answer (if such a thing exists at all in that case). What about continuing this discussion off-list? Werner

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-04 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Thursday 02 September 2010 20:17:01 David Rogers wrote: > * David Raleigh Arnold [2010-09-02 19:36]: > >On Thursday 02 September 2010 12:23:58 David Rogers wrote: > >> Just for good measure (or bad measure :-) ), another possible > >> meaning could be "lines resembling the ruling in a ledger bo

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread David Rogers
* David Raleigh Arnold [2010-09-02 19:36]: On Thursday 02 September 2010 12:23:58 David Rogers wrote: Just for good measure (or bad measure :-) ), another possible meaning could be "lines resembling the ruling in a ledger book, i.e. square with the page and evenly spaced relative to each othe

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Thursday 02 September 2010 12:23:58 David Rogers wrote: > Just for good measure (or bad measure :-) ), another possible meaning > could be "lines resembling the ruling in a ledger book, i.e. square > with the page and evenly spaced relative to each other". But that resembles staff lines, not l

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread David Rogers
* David Raleigh Arnold [2010-09-02 08:27]: There it is. Since he was the only one who actually did any work on it, the way the other self styled authorities should have and *didn't*, one has to satisfy Grove. ;-) The French leger for light *or slight* satisfies me. They are "slight lines" aren

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Thursday 02 September 2010 06:51:07 Phil Holmes wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Alexander Kobel" > To: "David Raleigh Arnold" > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines) > >

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Alexander Kobel" To: "David Raleigh Arnold" Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:45 AM Subject: Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines) On 2010-09-02 12:32, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:47:39 +1000, Nick Payne

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 2010-09-02 12:32, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: 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 led

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-02 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
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. Rega

Re: letter vs. a4 (and leger lines)

2010-09-01 Thread Nick Payne
On 02/09/10 12:51, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Did a little research. I hate research. Ledger lines are lines in a ledger, which originally meant a book which was supposed to remain at a certain location and not be moved about. Leger lines are light lines, not heavy lines. LilyPond makes leger l