Reference

Staff

The five parallel lines music is written on. Height on the staff means pitch.

stave

line 1space 1line 2space 2line 3
On a line — the line runs through the notehead
In a space — the notehead sits between two lines

Always count the lines from the bottom up

The staff has five lines and four spaces. Notes sit on the lines and in the spaces

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