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
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The stave is the name of the 5 lines we write

music on.
 The Treble Clef
Clef is French for Key. 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.
 The Treble Clef lives at the start
of the stave
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 Notes can be drawn
On the lines Or in the spaces

Notice the direction of When the note head is

the stems – up on at the middle of the
the right, down on stave or above, the
the left stems go down
 Rhyme for the Lines
The notes on the lines can be remembered by
the mnemonic
Every Good Boy Deserves Football

Every Good Boy Deserves Football

Each note head is centred on the line; half

above & half below
 Face in the Space
The 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 Lines
Sometimes 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 Alphabet
In 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.