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A staff or a stave is the system of parallel lines and spaces used to write music notation.
Staff lines indicated pitch.
Music notation is not a discovery, but a development. Or rather, calling music notation a discovery is akin to calling the English language a discovery, or an architect the discoverer of a building, or an artist the discoverer of a painting. There have been many different forms of music notation throughout history, so it's hard to say who first started using music notation.
Those little lines above or below a music staff are called ledger lines.
bar line Sorry, bar lines separate music into repeating rhythmic patterns. The lines that extend the range of the staff are called ledger lines.
Staff Notation is a music notation like quotation marks except used in music not writing. It is with the five lines going down.
Staff notation (sheet music)
Staff Lines
Staff lines indicated pitch.
A staff or a stave is the system of parallel lines and spaces used to write music notation.
bar line Sorry, bar lines separate music into repeating rhythmic patterns. The lines that extend the range of the staff are called ledger lines.
Music is typically written on five horizontal lines called a staff. Each line and space on the staff represents a different pitch in music notation. The staff helps musicians to read and interpret musical notes and rhythms.
Music notation is not a discovery, but a development. Or rather, calling music notation a discovery is akin to calling the English language a discovery, or an architect the discoverer of a building, or an artist the discoverer of a painting. There have been many different forms of music notation throughout history, so it's hard to say who first started using music notation.
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Those little lines above or below a music staff are called ledger lines.
Ledger lines can be used to extend the staff.
Staff notation is widely used in classical music. A staff is a system of five lines with four spaces within. The pitches corresponding lines and spaces are declared by the clef sign which is drawn at the left end of the staff.