(TMS) The Grand Staff Lesson

The Grand Staff

Finally, we will discuss the Grand Staff, a theoretical staff consisting of eleven lines.

Watch what happens when we eliminate the middle line -- we end up with two regular staffs.

By adding a Treble Clef to the top staff and a Bass Clef to the bottom staff, we can see the relationship between the two staffs.

Notice how the two clefs are ''joined'' by the C. This C is commonly called ''middle C'' since it corresponds to the middle staff line on the Grand Staff.

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