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Staff

Five lines on which musical notation is written.

(The higher the note-sign on the staff the higher its pitch)

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Bar Line

Vertical line (s) drawn across a staff

to mark off measures of a particular length.

(Containing a number of notes and/or rests

whose total time value is given by the time signature.)

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Clef

Symbol placed on the left of the stave which

establishes the relationship between particular note names.

and their position on the staff lines and spaces

(i.e. tells us which pitch “class” that stave belongs to).Classical Guitar Staff, Bar Line & Clef 4

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C-clef marks middle C

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F-clef marks F below middle C

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