Definition: In sheet music, the musical staff is the set of five horizontal lines containing notes, rests, and some musical symbols. Notes are written on and between staff lines; when they fall off the staff, they’re placed on ledger lines.
Piano music uses two staves, known collectively as the grand staff (U.S.), or great stave (U.K.) - the plural of staff is staves.
Piano music uses two staves, known collectively as the grand staff (U.S.), or great stave (U.K.) - the plural of staff is staves.
Also Known As:
- stave (U.K.)
- pentagramma (It)
- portée (Fr)
- Notensystem; Notenlinien (Ger)
