MUSIC THEORY

Lesson Objectives

To know the notes of the Treble Clef

To understand how to remember the notes of the Treble Clef

To be able to draw the treble clef and notes on the stave.

THE STAVE___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The stave is the name of the 5 lines we write music on.

The Treble Clef In Geography a map

has a key that tells you what the symbols mean. This is a similar thing.

The treble clef is a symbol which tells you that you're about to play higher notes.

Clef is French for Key.

The Treble Clef lives at the start of the stave

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Notes can be drawnOn the lines

Notice the direction of the stems – up on the right, down on the left

Or in the spaces

When the note head is at the middle of the stave or above, the stems go down

Rhyme for the LinesThe notes on the lines can be remembered by the

mnemonic

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Each note head is centred on the line; half above & half below

Face in the SpaceThe letters of the notes in the four spaces spell

the word FACE

Each note head is 'in' the space, touching the lines but NEVER going over

Ledger LinesSometimes we may wish to go higher or lower

than the stave. To do this, we carry on drawing notes, first in the 'space' and then on a mini line which is called a Ledger Line. The note below is called Middle C and it lives at the centre of the piano keyboard.

The Musical AlphabetIn music we only use the first 7 letters of the

alphabet and then repeat them over and over again.

Can you work out what the notes on the ledger lines above and below would be?

ANSWERS

The ledger line above the stave would be A. It's the letter that comes after G in the musical alphabet.

The ledger line below the stave would be (Middle) C. It's the letter before D in the musical alphabet.