What does this notation above the stave mean?

1. What does above the stave mean?
2. What is the letter above the staff?
3. What is a stave in music?

What does above the stave mean?

Climbing up and down 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.

What is the letter above the staff?

Now, back to those letters above the musical staff. For a major chord, you'll simply see the letter name of the root as a capital letter. For an E major chord, you'll see a capital “E” above the staff. “F#” means play an F-sharp major chord.

What is a stave 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.