walking line

American  

noun

1. a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.

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Example Sentences

At the heart of “Indra’s Net” is “Anthem,” a slow build that begins with a walking line in the piano, picked up by a flute and eventually every performer, gathering force to glorious beauty.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023

During a taut early episode, as hazy chords and piercing orchestral bursts sounded over an obsessively repeated walking line in the low strings, the effect was at once alluring and terrifying.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2017

The guardian assured him that they were equal to anything in the walking line.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains by Aldridge, Janet

I believe our regulars are generally regarded as rather perfect specimens in the walking line.

From The High School Boys' Training Hike by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)