Are you finding bass clef
notes hard to read?
Hi, I'm Jazer
and here's a video on how to
read bass clef notes quickly.
Let's get into it.
So this is a video request
by Kms Linds.
Thank you for the question.
Kms Linds asks,
how can you read
bass clef notes
better?
Now I actually have a really
quick answer for this question.
I get asked this a lot from
students, and parents
bass clef notes.
It tends to be one that people
are not so good at because
people often relate
better to the treble clef
because the treble clef
often has the melody.
So,
when you're looking at
a piece of music,
you kind of tracing
the melody as you
listen to it.
And the left hand just seems
to be this thing that gets
a bit lost
or kind of
a
Hidden from the typical
ear out there.
And so that's why
people generally are
not so good at reading bass
clef, because they
see music in terms of the treble
clef, the melody.
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Now do you see as you were
listening to that melody?
you were probably
tracing the melody line as
opposed to the baseline.
And so just through like
exposing yourself so much
more to the treble clef
as opposed to the bass clef,
well guess what?
You're automatically going to be
better at reading
the treble clef
as opposed to
the bass clef.
So the solution is
to read bass clefs
a lot,
like
a lot.
If you want to get
good at something,
you've got to do it a lot.
Now having said that,
there are three resources
that I personally use
to improve my bass clef,
sight reading,
and also for a lot of my
students as well.
I use this to help them to get
better at sight reading
the bass clef notes.
And here are the three things.
So the first thing would
be these flash cards
that you see here.
So these are the
Alfred's flashcards.
And you'll see here that
on one side of the card,
it will be a notes.
And a on the
other side of the card,
it actually tells you
what note it is.
And way on the piano.
You play this one.
So I find that this is
a really helpful tool
just for
testing yourself or
testing,
getting someone
else to test you.
So look at what this note is,
have a guess
and turn it around
to know what it is.
The second resource
I use is this
Music Note Teacher.
And what you see here is
a, this kind of a
laminated piece of
treble clef and bass clef.
And there is this note
thing that you can use,
to slide up and down.
And what happens when
you slide up and down
is on the other side,
there's a string that attaches
both of them
on both sides.
So that when you move,
for example, when you
move from C to G,
this
note also moves from C to G.
And so
long story short,
what that means is you
can test yourself on
what notes
you would like.
So if I wanted to test
myself on what that is,
I will move the note to there.
Have a guess.
I guess it's C,
I turn it over,
it's on C.
And if I want,
okay, let's say what
note is this one
 turn over
and you get,
you get
it on the A.
And the third resource
that I use is this
Hal Leonard Student
Keyboard Guide
This is a really cool piece,
a long sheet of the
basically the keyboard layout.
So what I do is I
actually slot this behind
my piano like this.
Yeah, and it really helps 
my students to know
which notes are which notes.
Let me show you just close
on what that looks like.
So as you'll see here
that the notes correlate
with the piano notes
themselves. So...
this C here
is matched up with that C
and you know
that C there
is matched up
with this C.
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so this is just a
really handy tool.
When you're sight
reading any piece or just
generally playing
any piece to have
a really quick reference.
So let's say I'm not very sure
what this note is over here.
I see this note is on
the bottom space.
I would just come down here
and find it on this bottom
space of the base clef.
And that would be, an A
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And also want to add as well if
you don't already know this,
the four spaces in 
the base clef,
are A, C, E, G from
bottom to top.
And that actually
works out nicely
to
All
cows
eat
grass.
Just a nice little tool
to remember
what notes
are in between
these lines.
So there you go.
Those were some ideas
that I have for you
to help you to improve your
bass clef sight reading.
The answer is actually
quite simple.
Just play a ton.
Just play a ton.
My challenge to you is to
sight read five pieces a day.
Just focusing on the left hand
every single day.
And watch how your bass clef
reading will improve.
My name is Jazer
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