Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

The Grand Staff

The Grand Staff combines both the treble and bass clefs.

Notice that:

• Middle C names the ledger line just below the treble clef and the ledger line just above the bass clef.


• In music written for the keyboard, the right hand usually plays middle C when it is written in the treble
  clef, and the left hand usually plays middle C when it is written in the bass clef. In “Sonata X” by Georg
  Benda, middle C is first played by the left hand before being switched to the right hand and so on.

Sonata X (Georg Antonin Benda)

BASICS OF PITCH

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G A B C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E F

Middle C

Bass Clef Double Bar line

Barline

Brace

Treble Clef

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