Treble Clef

The Grand Staff (stave) is the basic graphic system used to read music notation. It is a system of lines and spaces upon which we place “dots” to indicate which notes to play. The Grand Staff is divided into two parts: Treble Clef Staff and Bass Clef Staff. The upper part is the Treble Clef and is associated with higher pitched notes. The phrase “Every Good Boy Does Fine” or "Every Green Bus Drives Fast" are often used to learn how to read music. This is used because it is a good way to memorise the letter names represented by placing a note on the lines of the treble clef: E – G – B – D – F . This is the Treble Clef Staff with notes drawn on the lines:

The spaces in between the lines can be memorised by using the word FACE from bottom to top: F – A – C – E . So, we put the lines and spaces together using each adjacent line and space together from bottom to top. Doing this we can see that we have used the notes of the musical alphabet sequentially. This is the Treble Clef Staff with notes drawn on the lines and spaces: