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THE STAFF

What is a staff?

A staff consists of five horizontal lines and four spaces.  E. g. 


A staff is used for documenting musical idea's.
The lines and spaces are numbered from bottom to top; the bottom line is the first line and the topic line is the fifth line. E. g.



TYPES OF STAFF
There are two types of staff in music.

1. The normal staff 
2. The great staff. 



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