What is the grand staff?
The grand staff is how piano and keyboard music is written — two staves joined so you read both hands together.
Two staves, one brace
The grand staff (or great staff) is a treble staff above a bass staff, joined at the left by a curly brace and read as one system. The right hand usually plays the treble staff, the left hand the bass staff.
Middle C in the middle
Middle C sits between the two staves — on a short ledger line just below the treble staff or just above the bass staff. That shared note is what links the two hands together.
When to use it
Use grand-staff paper for piano, keyboard, harp, organ manuals and any two-hand arrangement. Our blank piano sheet music gives you eight braced systems per page.