STAFF SIZES

Click here to see an illustration of the nine commonly used staff sizes which are universally accepted and the corresponding percentages in Finale.

Each size is used for a different type of score:

Staff Number Name of Staff Type of Music Used For
1 Giant Instruction booklets, Elementary Band and Orchestra Scores
2 English Instruction booklets, Elementary Band and Orchestra Scores
3 Regular/Common/Ordinary Sheet music, Concertos, Classics
4 Peter Folios, Organ Scores
5 Large Middle Bands, Sheet Music
6 Small Middle Chorals. Condensed Sheet Music
7 Cadenza Pocket editons, Cue lines in piano scores
8 Pearl Thematic Advertisment

Staff Sizes 3, 4, 5 and 6 are the most commonly used. Sizes 1 and 2 are rarely used, and Size 8 is even less common.