Staff (music)
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In Western musical notation, the staff;, also occasionally referred to as a pentagram, is a set of horizontal lines with spaces between them, that each represent a different musical pitch. However, in
12th-century Beneventan manuscript showing diastematic neumes and a single-line staff
Tablature
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Tablature is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering or the location of the played notes rather than musical pitches.
Staff (music)
…percussion staff, there may be from one to five (or perhaps more) lines which denote different percussion instruments, as may the spaces in between. In guitar tab there are up to six (or perhaps more) lines denoting different strings. Appropriate music symbols, depending on the intended effect, are placed on the…
Example of numeric vihuela tablature from the book "Orphenica Lyra" by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554). Red numerals (original) mark the vocal part.