stave

staff, also spelled stave, in the notation of Western music, five parallel horizontal lines that, with a clef, indicate the pitch of musical notes.

In music, it's the five lines you write notes on. Stave comes from the word staff, as in a walking stick. You're most likely to encounter the word stave if you're learning woodworking.

clef, (French: “key”) in musical notation, symbol placed at the beginning of the staff, determining the pitch of a particular line and thus setting a reference for, or giving a “key” to, all notes of the staff.

In music, a grand staff , or great stave, as it is called in British English, is two staves with five lines each that are connected by a brace. A brace is a curved line that visually connects two or more musical staves that are dependent on each other.

The stave (or staff) is the foundation upon which notes are drawn. The modern staff comprises five lines and four spaces. The modern stave comprises five lines and four spaces. Every line or space on the staff represents a white key on the keyboard.

staved in; staving in; staves in. : to be broken or crushed inward or to break or crush (something) inward. The hull of the boat stove in when it hit the rocks. The rocks stove in the hull of the boat.

staved in; staving in; staves in. : to be broken or crushed inward or to break or crush (something) inward.

On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stave, such as: anticipate, avert, avoid, counteract, foil, and forestall.

Clef is a French word, meaning Key. Clef is defined as a symbol placed at the commencement [beginning] of a stave [staff] which indicates the pitch of a musical note and also fixes the letter names of the lines and spaces.

The modern stave comprises five lines and four spaces. Every line or space on the staff represents a white key on the keyboard. Every line or space on the stave represents a white key on the keyboard. Clefs assign individual notes to certain lines or spaces. Two clefs are normally used: the Treble and Bass clefs.

A stave is a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron. A stave is the five lines that music is written on.

The staff consists of five lines and four spaces. Each of those lines and each of those spaces represents a different letter, which in turn represents a note. Sheet music notes, represented by lines and spaces, are named A-G, and the note sequence moves alphabetically up the staff.