musical staff; stave
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musical staff; stave; notation system using five parallel horizontal lines
The standard Western music notation system where pitch is indicated by the vertical position of notes on one of five horizontal lines.
Yào要
xué学
huì会
tán弹
gāng钢
qín琴
，
shǒu首
xiān先
děi得
rèn认
shi识
wǔ五
xiàn线
pǔ谱
。
To learn to play the piano, you first need to learn to read the musical staff.
Wǔ五
xiàn线
pǔ谱
shì是
xī西
fāng方
yīn音
yuè乐
chuán传
tǒng统
de的
jì记
pǔ谱
fāng方
fǎ法
。
The five-line staff is the traditional notation method of Western music.
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Yǔ与
jiǎn简
pǔ谱
xiāng相
bǐ比
，
wǔ五
xiàn线
pǔ谱
néng能
gèng更
zhǔn准
què确
de地
biǎo表
shì示
yīn音
gāo高
。
Compared to numbered musical notation, the staff can represent pitch more accurately.