A Musical Staff is made up of Lines and Spaces...
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| Treble Clef (Left) and Bass Clef (Right |
Clefs define the Staff. We will focus on 2 types of Clefs most often used, the Treble and Bass Clef (also known as F Clef). As you might guess, the Treble has higher pitched notes and the Bass has lower notes.
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...For those that wish to be knowledgeable musicians... Continue Reading...
Wow... You're still reading! Congrats to you.The truth is, being able to read notes off the staff is very valuable. Musicians have been using it for centuries. We mentioned reading and writing music as a benefit, but also a deeper understanding of music can be gained through the staff. So let's take a look at the notes of the Bass and Treble Clef.
Some Terminology for you...
The picture above shows the Treble Clef (top) & Bass Clef (bottom). When both Clefs are shown together like this it is referred to as the Grand Staff. You will mainly see the Grand Staff in Piano sheet music.
The notes that are above and below the staff are measured by small little disconnected lines. The term for these little lines is Ledger Lines.In between the Treble and Bass Clefs is a C note. This note is directly in the middle of these 2 staves is known as Middle C. Middle C is the 1st Ledger Line below the Treble Clef Staff and the 1st Ledger line above the Bass Clef Staff.
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So we gave you some Terminology... Staff, Treble Clef, Bass Clef, Grand Staff, Ledger Lines, Middle C... Learn these music Terms.
Here are some Flash Games that center on the names of the lines and spaces.
Check them out!
Treble & Bass Soccer Shootout
Treble Ledger Lines
Bass Ledger Lines
Look for a MUSIC CHALLENGE to drop on Wednesday! ;)
1 comments:
A lot of great info for those of us just starting out on our music theory journey. Thanks for all of your hard work in putting this stuff together.
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