A Staff and Stave

Now, I know for most musicians this is common knowledge, but here's a little bit of the basics you must know. The diagram of lines and spaces below is called a stave. A stave has got five horizontal lines and four spaces used in musical notation. In between each line is a gap called a space. Most music notes are oval shaped symbols that are placed on the lines and in the space. However, in drum notation we will come across a lot more symbols.

                                                     



           

Example of a stave with notes on the lines and in the spaces