The Learning Area - Section 3
How To Read & Write Music
Find Where the Notes Fall on Staves
Each clef has a stave. Staves are made up of five lines and four spaces. Each line and space represents where a particular note will fall.
The treble stave
Starting from bottom to top, the lines on the treble stave read: E, G, B, D, F (one note for each line). A well-known way of remembering this is to say "Every Good Boy Does Fine" or "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge," depending on if you're into chocolate or not. The spaces in between the lines follow the same order, and the notes are F, A, C, E, respectively.
The bass stave
Starting from bottom to top, the bass stave is: A, C, E, G (one note for each space rather than each line). A popular way to remember this is to say "All Cars Eat Gas" or "All Cows Eat Grass." The corresponding lines from bottom to top are G, B, D, F, A, respectively.
When two or more notes are written and played as a single unit, they're called chords.
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Section 1 - Introduction
Section 2 - Names of Notes & Clefs
Section 3 - Find Where the Notes Fall on Staves
Section 4 - Find Where the Notes Fall on Keyboard
Section 5 - Understand Note Length
Section 6 - Understand Time Signatures
Section 7 - Understand Key Signatures