Rhythm - The Staff

Music is placed on five lines and four spaces called a staff (or stave). 

SPACES

LINES

Sound in music is indicated using oval symbols called notes.

NOTES IN THE SPACES

Notes in the space sit between two adjacent lines, in the space above the top line or in the space below the bottom line. Spaces notes touch the lines above and below them but DO NOT go over them.

NOTES ON THE LINES

Notes on a line is a note where the line passes through the center of the note-head. 

NOTES ON THE LINES AND IN THE SPACES