Grand staff

The Grand Staff using both bass clef on the bottom and treble clef on top allows for four octaves of notation, counting the two high ledger lines for Soprano C and two ledger lines below bass clef for Deep C. It is known as the grand staff because the two clef notation allows the notation of nearly all musical notes without many ledger lines or octave shifts such as 8va or 8vb. See musical staff for more information on staves in general.

Related Topics:
Soprano C - Deep C - Musical staff

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Middle C is so named because it appears exactly in the middle between the bass and treble clefs. Middle C is not exactly in the middle of any keyboard instrument, including the piano.

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Nearly all piano music is written on the grand staff, as is some choral music.

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