How to Read Music Notes

If you’re like me, not knowing how to read music has been a big hinderence from time to time… Because of that I decided to write a few basics for people who are just trying to get their feet wet… Since the treble clef is the most common, we’ll start with it.

The treble clef, also known as the G-clef (because it circles the line for the G note), is used in writing music for most musical voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and tenor), most woodwind instruments, stringed instruments (violin, guitar) and high brass instruments such as the trumpet. It also typically corresponds to the notes played with the right hand on the piano. The notes played on the lines of the treble clef staff are, from bottom to top, E, G, B, D, F. The order of these notes can be remembered with the use of mnemonic phrases such as Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Every Good Boy Does Fine. The spaces between the lines, from bottom to top, correspond to the notes F, A, C, E, a sequence which, obviously, spells “FACE.”
Pretty basic introduction but we’ll get to more advanced stuff here quickly…

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