staff - Music Glossary
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### 1.218 staff

ES: pentagrama, I: pentagramma, rigo (musicale), F: portée, D: Notenzeile, NL: (noten)balk, partij, DK: nodesystem, S: notsystem, FI: nuottiviivasto.

A staff (pl. staves) is a series of (normally five) horizontal lines upon and between which the musical notes are written, thus indicating (in connection with a →clef) their pitch. Staves for →percussion instruments may have fewer lines.

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