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18.1 · The Staff

Five lines, four spaces

Written pitch lives on a staff: five lines, four spaces, and one simple rule. The higher a note sits on the page, the higher it sounds. The curly symbol at the front is the treble clef, and its job is to wrap around the G line so you always know where you are.

Up the page, up in pitch

Every line and every space holds one note. Climb them in order and you get a scale in steps: line, space, line, space.

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Bottom line to top line, every step in between. Line notes sit on a line; space notes sit between lines.

Try the staff yourself

This staff is live. Tap anywhere: a notehead appears, plays, and tells you its name.

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Tap any line or space to write a note and hear where it lives.

Quiz

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The higher a note sits on the staff…

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