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- The Treble Clef
We use a CLEF SIGN on the STAFF to determine the pitch.
We use a CLEF SIGN on the STAFF to determine the pitch.
The Clef Sign is one the most important things to recognize at the beginning of a song.
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You could place notes on a staff, but without a Clef sign indicating the pitch, you wouldn’t know exactly which pitch the note represents!
The Treble Clef sign evolved from an old fashioned G, adding a vertical line and curly Qs.
The Treble Clef sign evolved from an old fashioned G, adding a vertical line and curly Qs.
The lines of the TREBLE CLEF wrap around the second line from the bottom of the STAFF and designates it as G.
The lines of the TREBLE CLEF wrap around the second line from the bottom of the STAFF and designates it as G.
Every Good Boy Does Fine & FACE
Every Good Boy Does Fine & FACE
My approach to teaching this subject suggests it’s more important to know how long a note will last than to know which note it is! Thinking you need to have the specific name of a note when you're reading music could induce a paralysis of the brain leading to a short term coma, or nap.
2. The Bass Clef
2. The Bass Clef
There are Instruments and Melodies that require a different Clef. The Bass clef is the next most often used clef.
The two dots are placed above and below the second line from the top.
The two dots are placed above and below the second line from the top.
The line between the dots represents F. The Bass Clef is often called the F Clef.
3. The Grand Staff
3. The Grand Staff
If you put the TREBLE and BASS CLEF together you create a GRAND STAFF.
If you put the TREBLE and BASS CLEF together you create a GRAND STAFF.
THE GRAND STAFF IS WHAT KEYBOARD PLAYERS USUALLY READ.
The note between the two staffs is MIDDLE C.
The note between the two staffs is MIDDLE C.
4. Ledger Lines
4. Ledger Lines
What if the Pitch is higher, or lower?
What if the Pitch is higher, or lower?
LEDGER LINES extend the range of notes a STAFF can represent.
Small lines above and below the staff are LEDGER LINES.
These lines enable the notation to indicate pitches that aren’t seen with just the Treble and Bass clef.
If needed the abbreviation 8va, or 16va could be used above, or below notes, instead of ledger Lines, or even with them.
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