Piano notes above and below the staff

1. What are the notes above and below the staff called?
2. What is the note below the staff?
3. What are letters above the staff called?

What are the notes above and below the staff called?

A ledger line or ledger line is used in Western musical notation to notate pitches above or below the lines and spaces of the regular musical staff.

What is the note below the staff?

Notes written above the treble staff represent higher notes, to the right on your keyboard. Conversely, notes written below the bass staff represent lower notes, to the left on your keyboard. For example, the top line of the treble staff is F. Just above this line, sits the note G.

What are letters above the staff called?

When you encounter sheet music or songbooks containing just melodies and lyrics, you usually also get the little letters and symbols called chord symbols above the staff.