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   ocr: - - - 1 MUS - - - - - FHEOR - Notation Play The first accurate system of pitch notation was Gregorian Chant, which was introduced by Pope Gregory around 590 AD, Pope Gregory had 20f16 as small army of monks at his disposal who hand-copied hundreds of thousands of pages of chant into large books using his new notation. Summary The Gregorian staff had 4 lines, which made it more accurate than the 1-line system. In order to notate which mode to sing in, the Gregorian staff marks a clef on one ofthe lines, representing either CorF. Click on play to hear some clef neumes Gregorian chant. staff line ...