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video gaming music and party video gamesWhat are the five lines and four spaces in music called?
In Western musical notation, the staff (US)orstave (UK) (plural for either: staves) is a set offivehorizontal lines and four spaces that eachrepresent adifferent musical pitch or in the case of apercussionstaff, different percussion instruments.
Accordingly, what are the names of the lines and spaces in music?
Hover your mouse over each space note belowtoview the note name and see the acronym. The namesofthe five lines, bottom to top, are E, G, B, D, and F.Theacronym of treble clef lines is Every Good BoyDeservesFudge.
Furthermore, why does music staff have 5 lines?
After the three Fs comes a D in the outside bottomspace.Sometimes composers have used staves with fewer ormore than5 lines, but the five-line staffstarted tobecome the usual one in Western music in the 13thcentury.When notes are a little too high or low to put onthe stave,extension lines are used.
A ledger line or leger line is usedinWestern musical notation to notate pitches above or belowthelines and spaces of the regular musical staff.Aline slightly longer than the note head is drawn paralleltothe staff, above or below, spaced at the same distanceasthe lines within the staff.