Reading The Notes On The Stave
The first step when learning the theory of music is reading the notes on the stave. The stave consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces. You can see that in this picture below there are 2 staves. At the start of each line, there is a symbol called a clef. The type of clef depends on the musical instrument you are playing. This is an example of piano music.
In the picture below, the top clef is called the treble clef and the bottom clef is called the bass clef. The treble clef represents notes of a higher pitch and the bass clef represents notes of a lower pitch.
Music notation consists of 7 notes; CDEFGAB. I was taught a system that can be adopted to help read the notes on the stave. For the treble clef the phrase Every Good Boy Deserves Football can be used to represent the lines and the word FACE can be used to represent the spaces. In the example below the note is middle C, the middle note on the piano.
This next example is note E. The first line on the treble clef is the first word in the phrase, Every.
The next example is note G. The second line on the treble clef is the second word in the phrase, Good.
The next example is note A. The second space on the treble clef is the second letter in the word face, A.
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The next example is note C. The third space on the treble clef is the third letter in the word face, C.
The final example is note D. The fourth line on the treble clef is the fourth word in the phrase, Deserves.
The same system can be applied with the bass clef. The phrase to represent the lines is Good Boys Deserve Football Always and to represent the spaces, All Cows Eat Grass. The student can also make up their own phrase if they wish.
This next example is note E. The first line on the treble clef is the first word in the phrase, Every.
The next example is note G. The second line on the treble clef is the second word in the phrase, Good.
The next example is note A. The second space on the treble clef is the second letter in the word face, A.
The next example is note C. The third space on the treble clef is the third letter in the word face, C.
The final example is note D. The fourth line on the treble clef is the fourth word in the phrase, Deserves.
The same system can be applied with the bass clef. The phrase to represent the lines is Good Boys Deserve Football Always and to represent the spaces, All Cows Eat Grass. The student can also make up their own phrase if they wish.
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