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Guidelines for clefs and staves: 1. Lines and spaces are numbered from bottom to top. Lines: 1 to 5; Spaces: 1 to 4. 2. The plural of staff is staves. One line of music in a score is a system, which may have many staves for the individual musicians. 3. The treble clef always circles around the "G" line (2nd line). 4. The two dots in the bass clef always surround the "F" line (4th line). 5. The center of any C clef always indicates middle C (C4). | 26 Lea inMM Theo High-Yield Music Theory Vol. 1 Music Theory Fundamentals Section Summary of Notation Guidelines Disclaimer This is only an introduction to standard notation practice. For exhaustive guidelines see the affordable and excellent book The Essential Dictionary of Music Notation by Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk Alfred Publishing 1996 . Staves Guidelines for clefs and staves 1. Lines and spaces are numbered from bottom to top. Lines 1 to 5 Spaces 1 to 4. System 2. The plural of staff is staves. One line of music in a score is a system which may have many staves for the individual musicians. Clefs 3. The treble clef always circles around the G line 2nd line . 4. The two dots in the bass clef always surround the F line 4th line . 5. The center of any C clef always indicates middle C C4 . @ @ @ 1 234 y y X X B lines spaces Yes NO NO Yes NO NO Yes Noteheads Accidentals Guidelines for noteheads and accidentals 6. Noteheads should be as tall as 1 space. 7. Noteheads should be oval and slightly slanted see figure . 8. Whole notes are oval but do not slant. 9. Normally accidentals immediately precede the notehead to which they apply. 10. If a chord requires 2 accidentals on notes closer than a sixth write the upper accidental directly to the left of its notehead and the lower accidental by its notehead staggered to the left see 10 below . 11. For 2 accidentals stagger them as shown in figure 11 below. Yes Yes Yes Yes NO NO Yes Yes Yes NO NO Yes NO NO Chapter 1 Music Notation 27 Stems Guidelines for stems on notes 12. 3rd line and above - stems down below 3rd line - stems up. If two parts are in one staff use stems up for the higher part down for the lower. 13. Stems down go on the left of the notehead stems up on the right of the notehead. 14. Stem length is normally one octave. 15. Stems for notes using ledger lines extend to the 3rd line regardless of how high or low they are. 16. When notating seconds the higher pitch goes on the right. If the stem goes