![Chromatic scale from C to C in Douzave System by John Leon Acheson Chromatic scale from C to C in Douzave System by John Leon Acheson](/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/douzave-john-acheson.png)
![C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Ab B C](/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chromatic-scale-caption-grey.png)
The standard six-line staff is constructed from the bottom with two normal staff lines, followed by a bold line, followed by two more normal staff lines, followed by a dashed line on top. The bold line represents C. The dashed line represents F#. This standard one octave staff has been repeated twice in the image above to show a span of two octaves.
Source: Directory of Music Notation Proposals, section/page: 10/1, 11/4, 13/1
Earliest Documentation: 1936
Manuscript Paper: Discontinuous Staves, Continous Staves