Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2007 12:05 schrieb David Bobroff:
You almost had your answer with "one line of music." In the case
of a
single staff instrument it is one line of music. For something like
piano music it is one line of the grand staff. Likewise, for a
conductor's score it is one line for everything in the score, often a
single system per page.
By the way:
Traditional German (and Dutch?) terminology is different:
A staff is a "System", and a system is an "Akkolade".
However, it seems that "System" is increasingly used
for a line of music (i.e. set of staves), like the English term.
Regards,
Robert