{{Short description|Paper preprinted with musical staves}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} 400px|thumb|Grand staff. Some manuscript paper is pre-printed with notational elements such as system brackets, braces, clefs, bar lines, and instrumental designations. '''Manuscript paper''' (sometimes '''staff paper''' in U.S. English, or just '''music paper''') is paper preprinted with staves ready for musical notation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutmusictheory.com/musical-staff/staff-paper/|title=Staff Paper|last=|first=|date=2014-10-10|website=All About Music Theory|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> A manuscript is made up of lines and spaces, and these lines and space have their names depending on the staves (bass or treble). Manuscript paper is also available for drum notation and guitar tabulature.<ref>Sainsbury, Christopher. “Bi-tone Techniques and Notation in Contemporary Guitar Music Composition”. Master’s thesis, NSW Conservatorium of Music, 2001-2002.</ref>
==See also== * Rastrum * Sheet music
== Works cited == * “Staff Paper”. ''All About Music Theory.'' 10 Oct. 2014. Accessed 3 Apr. 2020. * Sainsbury, Christopher. “Bi-tone Techniques and Notation in Contemporary Guitar Music Composition”. Master’s thesis, NSW Conservatorium of Music, 2001-2002.
==External links== * [http://www.visionmusic.com/manuscript/paper.html The "Manuscript" Page] — downloadable manuscript paper * [http://people.virginia.edu/~pdr4h/musicpaper/ Music Paper] — blank music papers in PostScript and PDF formats in Letter paper size
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