Manuscript paper

This page contains links to various manuscript paper layouts which will open in a new window, allowing you to easily print them for your use.

Use them for practising writing clefs and notes, or for writing your own music. They are all free to use, just click to open then choose the "print" command from the "file" menu.

You will need the free Adobe Acrobat software to view and print these pages. The pages are A4 sized, but if you have and "A3" you can choose "expand to fit page" when you print to get A3 sized manuscript paper.

10 staves (large)

This is a simple page containing 10 staves, evenly spaced. The staves are larger than normal, so are useful for practising writing clefs and notes.
Open the 10 stave manuscript paper

12 staves

This is a simple page containing 12 staves, evenly spaced.
Open the 12 stave manuscript paper

16 staves

A page containing 16 evenly spaced staves. Useful for writing orchestral scores or where you would like to fit a lot of music on to one page.
Open the 16 stave manuscript paper

20 staves

A page containing 20 evenly spaced staves. Useful for writing large orchestral scores or where you would like to fit a lot of music on to one page.
Open the 20 stave manuscript paper

Piano score

These sheets are laid out in pairs of staves, suitable for writing music for piano, keyboard, harp, etc. There is a version with the treble and bass clefs already printed, and one without the clefs. You can choose which one is most suitable for your task.
Open the piano manuscript paper (with clefs)
Open the piano manuscript paper (without clefs)