Staff symbol music

In Western musical notation, the staff is 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.

1. What are the symbols on the staff?
2. What is a staff used for in music?
3. What is written on the staff in music?

What are the symbols on the staff?

A clef is usually the leftmost symbol on a staff although a different clef may appear elsewhere to indicate a change in register. Historically, clefs could be placed on any line on a staff (or even on a space), but modern notation almost exclusively uses treble, bass, alto, and tenor clef.

What is a staff used for in music?

Staff, also spelled stave, in the notation of Western music, five parallel horizontal lines that, with a clef, indicate the pitch of musical notes.

What is written on the staff in music?

The staff can be thought of as a musical graph on which music notes, rests, and musical symbols are placed to indicate to the reader the specific pitch of a note. Notes are written on and between staff lines, but when they fall off of the staff, they're placed on ledger lines that lay below and above the staff.