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Treble, Bass, Alto and Tenor Clefs Learn
Page: Clefs
Ledger Lines
Notes are written on staves. This is an empty stave. However, the lines and spaces only represent notes if a clef is added to the stave. You'll learn more about these in a moment.
You will find it useful for music theory to get some blank manuscript paper, which has blank staves on it. Alternatively you can print your own from https://www.musicnotes.com/free/#fmp
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Treble Clef
The bottom (first) note shown here is called middle C. Everyone who learns the piano must learn which note is middle C.
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The notes on the lines of the treble clef are EGBDF. When you are learning them, some people find it helpful to remember that they are the first letters of Every Good Boy Deserves Fun (that's not to say that good girls don't deserve fun too).
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The notes in the spaces of the treble clef are easy to remember because they make up the word FACE.
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This is how key signatures are laid out on the treble clef.
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Bass Clef
The top (last) note shown here is middle C. That is to say, it is the same note which is the bottom note shown above on the treble clef.
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The notes of the lines on the bass clef involve the good boys again. In this case Good Boys Deserve Fun Always.
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The acronym for the spaces of the bass clef is hard to dispute: All Cows Eat Grass!
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On the bass clef, key signatures appear in this layout.
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Alto Clef
The key thing about the Alto Clef to remember is that middle C is the note on the middle line.
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This is how sharp and flat key signatures appear on the alto clef.
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Tenor Clef
For the tenor clef, C is on the 4th line up - but in this case it is C an octave below middle C. This is because the tenor clef is used for deeper (with a lower pitch) instruments such as the bassoon, cello, euphonium, double bass and trombone.
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Watch out when writing key signatures in the tenor clef - notice how the sharps pattern starts with a low F# and then breaks away from the 2, 3, 2 pattern used by other clefs.
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