treble staff

noun

Music.

1. a staff, bearing a treble clef.

Word History and Origins

Origin of treble staff¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Create huge lines of treble staff on the floor using masking tape.

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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.”

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The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff.

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In the international pitch the A in the second space of the treble staff makes 435 vibrations a second.

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She never let any pupil sing above F on the top line of the treble staff in anything but the head voice.

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