Printable Music Staff Paper

Staff size and layout

Each staff has five lines with about 2.1 mm between them, so a staff is about 8.5 mm (1/3 inch) tall. That is a common size for handwritten music: large enough for clear note heads, small enough to fit a full page of music. The staves stop 10 mm from each edge of the paper and are spread evenly down the page.

The staves are blank, with no clefs, key signatures or bar lines. You can use the same sheet for treble, bass, alto or percussion parts and draw bar lines where your music needs them.

Who uses blank staff paper

Songwriters sketch melodies and chord changes on it. College music students use it for theory assignments, part writing and melodic dictation. Arrangers and band members use it for parts, exercises and quick transcriptions.

Grand staff, TAB and clefs in the editor

Open the template in the free editor for more layouts: treble or bass clef staves, grand staff for piano, or six-line guitar TAB. You can choose 6 to 12 staves per page, add 2 to 4 bars per staff, and place notes, rests, accidentals and time signatures on the staves. Print the result or download it as a PDF.