Which staff is for piano in music books?

Question

I just bought a couple of books of sheet music for vocals, piano, and guitar. Which staff is for the piano??

Answer 1

Hi,



You should have 3 staff's and guitar chord boxes over the top in that arrangement. The Piano part will be the bottom 2 staff's.



Best Wishes



Jon

DS Music

Answer 2

On a lot of sheet music, DS would be perfectly correct. However, it depends on the arrangement you have. There is sheet music where there is only two staves. Both are played by the piano, but the lyrics are written underneath for the singer to sing the melody which would be included in the top staff. Guitar chord symbols (or just the chord names) would be above the top staff.



If you have a musician's "fake book"--or even a selection of lead sheets--you may only have the melody written out with chord names above the staff. These chords are to be played with the left hand--usually the pianist would improvise or "fake"according to the pianist's preferences and skill. The chords could also be played by a guitarist to accompany singing. The lyrics would be written in under the staff.



If you are looking at some sort of duet or choral arrangement--then you might have four or more staves of music.



Without looking at your sheet music book, I would have no idea.I do suggest you take some piano lessons. I suspect you might be self-taught or you wouldn't be asking this question in the first place.

Answer 3

The ones that look like piano music - a bass and treble clef joined together.

Answer 4

The top line probably has lyrics under it, yes? That should be a strong indicator that it's the vocal line, not the piano part.

Answer 5

I'm presuming you are referring to the Treble(G) and Bass(F) clefs. You play the treble(the notes above middle c) with your right hand and the bass(notes below middle c) with your left :). It's kind of fuckery looking at it at first but give yourself an hour and you'll get the hang of it!