The Staff

Lesson 3/17 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Music Theory for Kids
The Staff

The Staff

These five lines are called the staff or stave. The lines are numbered from the bottom up as shown. Count them.

Music notes are written on the lines of the staff and also in the four spaces between the lines. Like the lines, the spaces are also numbered from the bottom up.

A good way to remember the lines and spaces of the staff is to think of your hand. Including your thumb, you have five fingers and in between each of them is a space.

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1- Test Yourself 2- Music Notes 3- Higher and Lower Notes 4- Rests 5- The Bass Clef 6- Counting Notes 7- INTRODUCTION 8- The Three Four Time Signature 9- The Half Note 10- Time for a Checkup 11- Bar Lines 12- The Octave 13- The Staff 14- The Metronome 15- The Time Signature 16- Clefs 17- Notes on the Treble Staff

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