The Keyboard & Treble Clef

C D E F G A
B
Above is our Musical Alphabet! Each
white key on the piano has its own
letter; A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The 5

letters go in the order written above 4

on the piano, and then they repeat 3

themselves, so there are only SEVEN names for all of the white notes on 2

the piano! 1
Can you label the rest of the white notes on the piano above?
4

The black keys on the piano are arranged in groups of twos and threes. 3

Group of two: Group of three: 2

1

C D E F G A B

Can you play Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano? The note letters
are above the words. You may begin on any E on the keyboard.
 E D C D E E E DD D
E G G
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb

E D C D EE E E D D
E D C
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as
snow.

On the piano, the keys to the left sound low, and the keys to the right
sound high.

Low sounds
High sounds Middle C is the note we use to help us find where the low
sounds and the high sounds start, because it is right in the middle of the
piano. Can you find Middle C on the piano? Have a go of finding all of
the low C notes, and all of the high C notes.

Music is written on a staf or stave. It is a set of five lines and four

spaces.

Lines on the staff are numbered from the bottom to the top.

Spaces on the staff are numbered from the bottom to the top as well.

Each line and space stands for a certain note on the piano, and is given a
letter from A to G, like the notes we have learned on the piano so far. The
Treble Clef is a symbol placed at the very start of the stave, and tells us
to use the higher sounds on the piano.

This is what the Treble

Clef looks like!

High sounds

Can you number the lines and the spaces on the stave below?

Can you practice drawing treble clefs on the stave below?

1. A stave or a staf is
_________________________________________________________

2. The note letters are _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
_____

3. The __________ __________ tells us to use the higher sounds on

the piano.

4. Draw two Treble Clefs on the stave

5. Notes to the right on the piano sound ___________

6. Notes to the left on the piano sound ____________

7. Can you play the following words on your piano?

 B A G C A B
D A D

B E E B E D
B A A