staff (music)

A set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate music symbols, depending upon the intended effect, are placed on the staff according to their corresponding pitch or function. Musical notes are placed by pitch, percussion notes are placed by instrument, and rests and other symbols are placed by convention.

When on paper, this is tagged as sheet music.

See also

• musical staff print
• Tag Group:Symbols

The following tags are aliased to this tag: musical_staff (learn more).