Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

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Basic Music Theory


  1. What is a mnemonic device?

  2. What letter name does the treble clef give to the 2nd
    line?

  3. On a piece of blank staff paper, draw a dozen treble
    clefs. Try them in different sizes. Try to loop the
    second line of the staff.

  4. What is another name for the treble clef?

  5. What are the names of the treble clef lines?

  6. What are the names of the treble clef spaces?

  7. What is your mnemonic device for remembering the
    lines of the treble clef staff?

  8. What is your mnemonic device for remembering
    the spaces of the treble clef staff?
    3. A trick to improve
    memory
    4. G
    6. G clef
    7. E G B D F
    8. F A C E


Practical Use



  1. Put your right hand up in front of your face, palm outward. Use your
    left hand to point to the fingertips and “valleys” of the right hand fingers.
    Say each line/space name as you touch it.

  2. In your notebook of staff paper, write in the line and space numbers.
    Draw a treble clef and then write the correct letter names in the lines and
    spaces. Also name two leger lines above the staff, and two leger lines
    below the staff.

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