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Free Staff Paper!

What a deal -- now you don't have to buy it, because you can just print more out whenever you need it. Compose or transcribe some music every day, and you'll reduce your risk of getting cavities. The types of staff paper here are:

All the files are Adobe PDF format. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, it's available free at Adobe's web site.

Marginal Considerations

Each of the regular (plain and F–clef) staff paper sheets and tab sheets below are also available with a wider margin on the left-hand side (ideal for three-ring binders).

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Plain & F-Clef

 
Plain, 8 staves per page

Plain, 8 staves per page (w/ left margin)

Plain, 10 staves per page 

Plain, 10 staves per page (w/ left margin)

 
Bass clef, 8 staves per page

Bass clef, 8 staves per page (w/ left margin)

Bass clef, 10 staves per page

Bass clef, 10 staves per page (w/ left margin)


NEW FOR 2002!!!

By popular request, PTB has gone beyond bass to bring you the Grand Ol' Staff (that's bass AND treble clefs, together in perfect harmony):

Grand staff

Grand staff (w/ left margin)

 
Tab

 
Bass clef and 4-string tab

Bass clef and 4-string tab (w/ left margin)

 
Bass clef and 5-string tab

Bass clef and 5-string tab (w/ left margin)

Bass clef and 6-string tab

Bass clef and 6-string tab (w/ left margin)

Bass & TREBLE clef and 6-string tab

Bass & TREBLE clef and 6-string tab (w/ left margin)

By request -- less talk, more tab...

All tab, 4-string

All tab, 4-string plus guitar

 

A public service announcement about tablature: if you're serious about learning and playing, treat yourself right and kick off the training wheels: learn to read and write music. It will rock your musical world!

 
Special


 

 
Staff + Bass + Keys

I have found this one to be very useful for teaching scales, as the scales can be shown as notes on the staff, then as a generic form on the bass neck. Diatonic modes are best illustrated on the piano keyboard, using only white notes to clearly show where the half-steps are in the scale in relation to the whole steps.

By request, April 2002, just for those 6-8th grade kids of Mrs. Gray's: Grand Staff with Keys

 
Staff + Bass

One 4-string neck, 7 staves

Two 4-string necks, 6 staves

One 5-string neck, 7 staves

Two 5-string necks, 6 staves

One 6-string neck, 7 staves

Two 6-string necks, 6 staves

And now, neck-only, by request (I guess this isn't technically even close to "staff paper" anymore, but hey, it fits the theme, right?):

4-string fingerboards only

5-string fingerboards only

6-string fingerboards only

 
ALSO BY REQUEST AND NEW FOR 2002, LEFT-HANDED FINGERBOARDS...

Staff + Bass + Keys
One 4-string neck, 7 staves
Two 4-string necks, 6 staves
One 5-string neck, 7 staves
Two 5-string necks, 6 staves
One 6-string neck, 7 staves
Two 6-string necks, 6 staves
4-string fingerboards only
5-string fingerboards only
6-string fingerboards only