(blues piano)
- Hey guys!
Welcome back to music
theory for the dropouts.
I'm Cassi Falk, here with Pianote.
We've already learned
in the previous lesson
how music theory can help
us with reading rhythms.
And today,
we're going to learn
how to read the notes on the grand staff.
The grand staff is made up
of five lines on the top
for the right hand with a
symbol called a treble clef.
And five lines on the
bottom for the left hand
with a symbol called a bass clef.
Each line and each space
represent a different pitch and sound
and on the piano, represent
a different white key.
The first what we'll
start with is middle C.
Middle C isn't the very
middle on the actual keyboard,
but it's the very middle of
the treble clef and bass clef
on the grand staff.
So obviously, when we run
out of the lines and spaces
in the bass clef and treble clef,
there's way more other pitches
that we need to reach on the keys.
So what we do in music is
we add these little lines
called ledger lines to reach
those high and low pitches.
And middle C just happens to
be on one of those ledger lines
in the middle.
The lines and spaces
continue in that same pattern
going up the piano
just repeating the seven
letters of the music alphabet
A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
So now we're going to take
you through the bass clef
starting from middle C
and working our way down.
We have C on the line
stepping down is B
A,
G,
F,
E,
D,
C.
To make things easier,
we use acronyms to help us
remember the different notes
on the lines and spaces.
In a treble clef,
the space notes actually
spell out the word face
from bottom to top.
F, A, C, E.
In the bass clef, from bottom to top,
we use a sentence, all cows eat grass.
A, C, E, G.
In the treble clef, for the lines,
every good boy does fine
and in the bass clef,
good boys deserve food always.
So there's some helpful
acronyms to remember
where the notes are on the staff.
Let me know what you guys come up with
and comment below.
We'll see you at the next lesson.
