Manuscript paper (sometimes staff paper in U.S. English, or just music paper) is paper preprinted with staves ready for musical notation. A manuscript is made up of lines and spaces, and these lines and space have their names depending on the staves (bass or treble). Manuscript paper is also available for drum notation and guitar tabulature.

A manuscript is a handwritten or typed document that contains the original text of a work, such as a novel, screenplay, or script. It serves as the first version of a piece of writing before it gets edited, published, or produced.