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.

BarlineBarline Barline Barline

• The distance between the barlines is called a measure.

Measure

Measure

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

A

B

C

Staff

Barlines

Double BarlineMeasure

D

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 Trebleo Alto o Tenoro 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 Pianoo Fluteo Oboeo Violino Clarineto 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

E

D

GB

F

Every Good Boy Does FineEvery Georgia Bull Dog Fights

Treble Clef Spaces

FA

CE

• The spaces spell the word “face”

Treble Lines AND Spaces

FA

CE

E

D

GB

F

• 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.