1. How to Read Music
 A Quick Overview by Anne Pugh

2. The Staff
 The staff is comprised of 5
lines and 4 spaces
 The staff is usually
accompanied by a Clef which
tells you what notes the staff
is representing

3. The Grand Staff
 The Grand Staff represents the
notes that you would play in
any given piece
 This particular grand staff is
common with piano pieces
 The top staff has the Treble
Clef; itrepresents what your
right hand usually plays
 The bottom staff with the Bass
Clef; itrepresents your left hand

4. The Treble Clef
The Treble clef tells you
Treble Clef: where to find the note “G”
 The Clefs curl circles around
the note G.
This line is G!

5. The Bass Clef
The line is F!
 The bass clef represents
lower notes (hence why it is
usually on the bottom staff)
 The clef tells you where the
note “F” is by having two
dots straddle the F line on
that particular staff

6. A Few Things…
 From finding out where the G and F are on the
respective Treble and Bass clefs, you can then figure
out the rest of the grand staff alphabetically
 Music, however, only has notes A through G
 There is no note for “H”
 So when you label the staff, it goes as such:
 ABCDEFGABCDEFG- and so on

7. 
The Grand Staff; Labeled
Did you get it?

8. The Treble Clef Mnemonic Device
Mnemonic Devices Spaces; Treble Clef
 There is an easy way to  The notes in the spaces of
remember where notes land the staff notated with a
depending on the clef treble clef spell out F-A-C-E;
FACE.
 Both the Treble and Bass clef
have these E
C
A
F

9. F -Fine The lines create
D -Does a sentence that
you read from
B -Boy the bottom up;
Every Good Boy
G -Good
Does Fine.
E -Every The starting
letter of every
word is the note
for that line.

Treble Clef Mnemonic Device; Lines

10. Bass Clef Mnemonics
Spaces
G -Gas
Lines
E -Eat
A -Always
C -Cars
F -Fine
A -All
D -Do
B -Boys
Fun fact! The bass
clef kind of looks
like an “F”! G -Good

11. Two Ways to Figure Out Notes on Staff
Choose
Find note
Mnemonics
through Clef
Lines; EGBDF Spaces; FACE Bass= F;
& GBDFA & ACEG Treble= G

12. Final Notes
 Understanding the Grand
Staff and where the notes
fall in each clef is important!
 However, you still need to
understand rhythm and how
long each note is held
depending on its time
signature
Now that you know the  For more information, watch
basics, you can learn simple
songs such as Ode to Joy! Listen
this video.
to Anne play it now!