Piano Staff?!?! Anyone know 'bout this stuff?

Question

I have a sheet of music, and I just wanted to know what's what. Next to that curly thingy that starts all the staffs, theres a C. Does anyone know what those things are called?

Answer 1

That thing that looks like a "C" stands for "common time," which is another way of saying that the  piece is in the time signature of 4/4.

Answer 2

The curly thing is either a bass clef or a treble clef.  If it looks more like an "S" it's a treble clef and if it looks more like a backwards "C"  with two dots beside it, it's a bass clef.  Treble you play with your right hand and bass you play with your left.  The C means common time, or 4/4, which means four beats per bar.

Answer 3

very easy way of remember sharps and flats..

Fat Cats Go Down Alley's Eating Bolgna

F#  C#    G# D#    A#       E#      B#

BEAD Gum Candy Fruit

Bflat Eflat Aflat Dflat Gflat Cflat Fflat

Answer 4

Well, the "C" stands for "common," or 4/4 time, in which each measure contains four beats, and each quarter note counts as one beat. As for the curly things, the one that looks like an "S" (usually on top) is the treble clef, meaning the notes are for the right hand, while the other is the bass clef, for the left hand. Hope I helped

Answer 5

Oy!!!

Piano Staff is properly called the "Grand Staff." It has the treble and bass staffs joined by a "brace."

The treble staff begins with a "treble or "G clef." The G clef looks something like a fancy script G or S. The staff line for G (above middle C) is encircled by the curl of the clef.

The bass staff begins with the bass or F clef. The F clef looks something like a reversed C followed by a colon. The two dots are on either side the staff line for F (below middle C)

The following symbols will be the key signature. While there may be no key signature (Key of C or A minor), or more often a signature with fewer than all of the sharps or flats they will be in the following order always.

F# C# G# D# A#

or

Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb

Next will be the time signature. Often four over four ... which is abbreviated as "C" very often meaning common time.

The top number tells how many beats there are in a measure, the lower number tells which (fractional) note gets one beat.

... I should charge by the hour.