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

Basic Music Theory

A What Device?

Mnemonic (the first m is silent) came from a Greek word meaning to

remember. A mnemonic device is a trick you can use to remember a

long series of things—grocery lists, test answers or, in this case, note

names.

Use a mnemonic device to learn the names of the lines and spaces.

Usually the sillier, crazier or weirder the sentence you make up, the

easier it is to remember.

Mnemonics for Treble Clef Lines

Example 7.3 The treble clef line-names.

E G B D F

Empty Elephants Every

Garbage Go Good

Before Backwards Boy

Dad Down Deserves

Flips Freeways Fudge