staff paper
Lined composition pages
Staff paper is paper printed with horizontal lines grouped into sets of five, used for writing musical notation.
The lines form staves (or staffs) where composers and musicians write notes, rests, and other musical symbols.
Also called manuscript paper or music paper.
She bought a pad of staff paper to sketch out her compositions.
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- sheet musicPublished performance notation
- notationSystem of written symbols
- musical notationSystem for writing music
- stavesPoles or music lines
treble clef · clef · treble · bass · bass clef · time signature · key signature · notes · compose · music · ledger · lines · bars · measures · blank · blank pages · sheet · score
paper type/ruling pattern
staff paperblank paper
Unused writing surface
plain paper · graph paper · grid paper · lined paper · ruled paper
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