treble staff

American  

noun

Music.

1. a staff, bearing a treble clef.

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Etymology

Origin of treble staff

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg