Lesson 1: The Staff

Lesson 1: The Staff

by Tavia Zerman

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​Music is written on a staff, which is five equally-spaced lines.

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​This is a staff:

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• ​The distance between two lines on a staff is called a space.

• ​There are four spaces on a staff.

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• ​Lines and spaces are called by their numbers.

• ​You ALWAYS count them from the bottom up, like this:

Multiple Choice

Which of these images is correct for a staff?