5.1 Introduction to Musical Notation Understanding musical notes and staff. The staff has 5 lines and 4 spaces. Musical notes on the staff indicate what note to sing or play.

However, you cannot identify the notes without a clef on the staff.

These clefs pinpoint the location of a note on your musical instrument.

Notes, Rests, And Their Value In Beats.

Notes on the treble clef staff: Lines And Spaces

Notes on the bass clef staff: Lines And Spaces

The grand staff consists of two musical staves joined together by a brace on the left side. The upper staff uses the treble clef, while the lower staff uses the bass clef.

Between the two staves is an invisible line where middle C is located, effectively creating a total of 11 lines in the grand staff.