Definition: A grand staff is a system of two or more staves written for one instrument, to be played by one performer:
► Memorize the Piano’s Grand Staff Notes
► Notes of the Piano Keyboard
- The piano’s grand staff is a two-part staff, consisting of the treble staff on top and the bass staff on the bottom. These staves are connected by a brace, and by barlines throughout the music.
- Organ music uses a three-part grand staff. Its treble and bass staves share braces and barlines, while the lowest staff – a bass staff used for foot-pedal notation – is only connected to the other staves by the very first barline before its clef.
► Memorize the Piano’s Grand Staff Notes
► Notes of the Piano Keyboard
Also Known As:
- great stave (U.K.)
- accollatura (It)
- accolade (Fr)
- Akkolade; Klaviersystem (Ger)
