Ledger Lines!
What are Ledger Lines?
OK, so you know about treble and bass clefs. How about a ledger line?
What if a song needs high pitched notes that cannot be fit within the five lines of the treble clef...or if the song needs lower notes in the bass clef that cannot be fit within its five lines?
The solution is to use Ledger Lines!
A ledger line is a musical notation which looks like a small horizontal line. Ledger lines are used to write musical notes that cannot be fitted within the lines and spaces of regular musical staffs.
Ledger lines are small lines that you put on top of the treble clef or at the bottom of the bass clef when your song needs more space for its notes.
You can have as many ledger lines as you need but having too many ledger lines above or below the staffs makes it difficult to read the notes.
When the musical notes are going to be too high, requiring many ledger lines, a better option is to use the 8va notation to depict the notes instead of the ledger lines.
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