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

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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The more rapid exercises I took from C to F above the treble staff.

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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.

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Three-lined C, (written ), is represented by the second added line above the treble staff, etc.

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And Ravana appeared in the guise of an ascetic with head shaven, and adorned with a Kamandala, and a treble staff.

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