Treble Clef

Lines, spaces, and beyond!!!

The musical alphabet...
 Letters of the alphabet...
● The musical alphabet is just like the normal alphabet…
● ...except for two important things!!!
● It ONLY contains seven letters (A through G)
● It can go on forever in either direction!

B C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E F
On the staff...
● The CLEF tells us what letters go where.
● With the TREBLE CLEF, the “loop” always goes around the line for “G”
● ...and if we know where “G” is, we know where the rest of the letters go.

E F
C D
A B
F G
E
QUESTION:
● If we know where all the letters go for the lines and spaces, what notes would go just ABOVE and
just BELOW the staff???

F G
D E
B C
G A
E F
D
Lines and Spaces
Fine
Does
Boy
Good
Every

E
C
A
F
Quiz!!!
● A note will be shown to you.
● Determine if it is a LINE or a SPACE note.
● Using our word trick (Every Good Boy Does Fine or FACE), figure out what the
letter is before it is shown to you.
● For this part, a “helper” will be given to you if you need it.
G C B F F E D F G
BIG THINGS TO REMEMBER:
● Musical alphabet is A to G
● It goes forever forwards and backwards
● For TREBLE CLEF, the loop is always around G
● Every Good Boy Does Fine (on the line)
● F A C E (on the space)
More practice…
● www.musictheory.net is very good (but more complicated!)
● Search “treble clef games” and see what you like!