Download Music Anatomy and Reading Treble Clef

Music Anatomy
and
Reading Treble
Clef
The Beginning of Your Music Theory
Journey
Parts of Music Notation
• Notation-a system of graphic symbols for a
specialized use, other than ordinary writing
o Music uses symbols that don’t always look like
letters of the alphabet. This is referred to as
notation.
Staff
• Music is written on a staff. A staff is a set of five lines.
• The plural form of staff is staves.
Barlines and Measures
• The staff is separated into smaller equal sections by
bar lines.
Barline
Barline
Measure
Barline
Barline
Measure
Measure
• The distance between the barlines is called a
measure.
Double Barline
• A double bar line is a normal barline immediately
followed by a thicker line. It signifies the end of a
piece of music.
Double Barline
Quick Review
Barlines
B
Staff
A
D
C
Measure
Double Barline
Clef Sign
• A clef sign is a symbol found at the beginning of
every line of music that tells you how to read the
music.
• There are four different clefs.
o
o
o
o
Treble
Alto
Tenor
Bass
• This means there are four different ways to read
music.
Treble Clef
• Treble Clef (also called G Clef) is used for
instruments that play middle to extremely high
notes.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Piano
Flute
Oboe
Violin
Clarinet
Recorder
Drawing a Treble Clef
• Follow along on the board step by step
• Practice drawing 40 Treble Clefs on your own on the
staff paper provided.
Lines and Spaces
• Reading music begins with determining if the note
is on a space or line
• If the note is being cut in half by a line, it s a line
note.
• There are five lines
Lines and Spaces
• Notes that are in a space sit between two lines.
• There are four spaces
Quick Review
Line/Space
Line/Space
Line/Space
Line/Space
Individual Practice
• Work individually on the worksheet provided, put an
“S” for space or an “L” for line
Reading Treble Clef
• When a treble clef is at the beginning of a piece of
music it determines the name of every line and
space note. The names of the lines and spaces will
NOT change unless the clef changes.
Treble Clef Lines
F
D
B
G
E
Every Good Boy Does Fine
Every Georgia Bull Dog Fights
Treble Clef Spaces
E
C
A
F
• The spaces spell the word “face”
Treble Lines AND Spaces
G
F
E
A
B
C
D
F
E
• Notice, there is a line “E” and a space
“E”
• What other note has a line and a
space of the same name?
Quick Review
A
D
E
C
G
Individual Practice
• One the worksheet provided, give the name of
each treble clef note.