The Hand Staff
#The _Hand_ Staff The hand staff or,the Guidonian hand was first used by Guido D'Arezzo (C .991-C. 1033). You can use your hand staff to practice saying and remembering the letter names of the lines and spaces of the staffs.If you hold up one hand and turn it sideways the five fingers on that hand represent the five lines of a staff.And if you spread those five fingers apart slightly then the gaps between those fingers represent the four spaces of the staff. Remember that we always count lines a
