Charles Dickens uses staves throughout the story to give the readers a more condensed feeling of Christmas which shows us joy and happiness, both things that scrooge does not have. Also i elaborates on the title A christmas carol to give it the Carol theme of the story...i think...i hope that helps though
He called them Staves after the name given to each verse in christmas carol music
Yes. The story was based on staves which is a musical term. Dickens explains he wanted the story to be reminiscent of a well remembered and loved Christmas song (carol). The story remains one of the most popular of the season.
Oh, dude, it's like this fancy-schmancy way of breaking up the story into sections. Staves are like musical sections, you know, like in a song. So, Charles Dickens was just being all creative and stuff by using staves instead of boring old chapters. It's like the literary version of adding some pizzazz to your eggnog, you feel me?
There are only five staves in A Chrstmas Carol. each stave (stave being used for music and song) setting out Scrooges life to that fateful Christmas Eve
Dickens called his story A Christmas Carol because he expected the story to be repeated and shared and and used to bring people together in a similar manner to the singing of Christmas carols which even now spread joy and bring friends and families together each year throughout London. Dickens carol was to be a song of praise for the Christmas season and of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. Dickens cleverly called the five chapters of the book "staves." A musical stave is a stanza with a consistent theme and mood. Each stave in the story delivers a different message and each has a definite mood. As in a carol each "stave" can stand alone but each contributes to the carol's overall theme and meaning
Barrel staves
To fall to staves means to fall apart. The staves are the wooden strips of a barrel held together with metal bands. If it falls to staves, it falls apart.
Eric Staves goes by Redman.
To hide empty staves in MuseScore, go to Format Style Score and check the box next to "Hide empty staves." This will remove any staves that do not have any notes or rests in them from the score.
Dicken's uses the term "staves" to mark the chapters of A Christmas Carol (published in 1843), but does not do so for any or his other books. The term is based on the book's title. Since a Christmas carol is a song, he names its divisions "staves", using a musical term meaning "verse" or "stanza" of a song.(A related, but not identical use of the term "stave" - singular now usually "staff" - is found in musical notation, to refer to one set of lines on which musical notes are written.)Note that Dickens used a similar device to denote the divisions of his next two Christmas books: the divisions of The Chimes (1844) are "Quarters" after the quarter-hour sounding of clock chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth (1845) is divided into "Chirps".
To size barrel staves with varied widths while maintaining a consistent center bulge, you can use the following formula: Width = 2 * pi * radius / (number of staves * tan(180 / number of staves)) This formula takes into account the circumference of the barrel at the bulge section, the number of staves, and the desired angle between the staves to ensure they fit together while maintaining the same bulge at the center.
To hide empty staves in MuseScore 2, go to Format Style Score and check the box next to "Hide empty staves." This will remove any staves that do not have any notes or rests in them from the score display.