Though your mallet music is written in TREBLE CLEF, you will need to learn
BASS CLEF
to play your timpani music!
The Names of the Spaces Are:
You can remember the names of the spaces by learning the following sentence:
All Cows Eat Grass
The Names of the Lines Are:
You can remember the names of the lines by learning one of the following sentences:
Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always
Girls Buy Designer Fashions Always
George Bush Drives Fast Always
Bass Clef Flashcards
Make the following Bass Clef Flashcards and Practice them with a Metronome!
To practice learning the names of the lines and spaces, make the following flashcards and use them at home:
How to make bass clef flashcards:
Print out the images below on a piece of paper, and then use a pair of scissors to cut them up so that each one is on a separate piece of paper.
1. Buy a pack of blank white index cards (3.5 x 5")
2. Glue the music notation section of each image on one side of each card. On the other side of the card, glue the corresponding letter (of write it with ink that won't show through the other side)
3. Shuffle the cards
4. Go through the entire deck of cards with the note portion facing towards you. Name the note, then turn the card over to see if you're right. Don't forget to use your sentences as you are learning the note names!
5. This may be frustrating at first, and you may be slow, but don't give up! The more you practice, the better you will be!
And when you know those, add the following bass clef flashcards:
If you want to make it even trickier, go to this website, make some Treble Clef Flashcards and shuffle them all together!