Introducing The Staff Or Stave - Nuvo jSax Manual

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Introducing the Staff or Stave

Musical notation is written out using
the spaces between the lines, or on the lines depending on which notes they are.
Time signatures tell us how many
beats per measure.
Treble Clef
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The first notes we will learn on the jS
staff. Notice how the B and G are on the line, while the A is in the space between the lines.
We will learn to read more notes at the same time as we learn to play them on our instruments.
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lines called the staff, or stave. The notes are placed either in
are called B, A and G, this is what they look like on the
AX
Bar lines divide the music staff
into measures
Final bar line, found at
the end of the piece.
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