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bass staff

American  
[beys] / beɪs /

noun

Music.
  1. a staff marked with a bass clef.


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Beneath that, on the bass staff, is a held F note, while just above the treble staff she writes, “With the accompaniment of the birds singing at dawn.”

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

When the G clef is used the staff is usually referred to as the treble staff, and when the F clef is used, as the bass staff.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

On the midi, second to last bar, bass staff, last chord, B-natural changed to B-flat.

From The Nursery, July 1877, XXII. No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

The compass extends from F below the bass staff to C on the second ledger-line above the treble.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

Its compass comprehends three octaves rising from B flat below the bass staff.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

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