1. Music Anatomy and Reading Treble Clef
The Beginning of Your Music Theory Journey

2. Parts of Music Notation
Notation-a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing
Music uses symbols that don’t always look like letters of the alphabet. This is referred to as notation.

3. Staff Music is written on a staff. A staff is a set of five lines.
The plural form of staff is staves.

4. Barlines and Measures
The staff is separated into smaller equal sections by bar lines.
Barline
Barline
Barline
Barline
Measure
Measure
Measure
The distance between the barlines is called a measure.

5. 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

6. Quick Review
Barlines B
Staff A D C
Double Barline
Measure

7. 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.
Treble
Alto
Tenor
Bass
This means there are four different ways to read music.

8. Treble Clef
Treble Clef (also called G Clef) is used for instruments that play middle to extremely high notes.
Piano
Flute
Oboe
Violin
Clarinet
Recorder

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Lines and Spaces Notes that are in a space sit between two lines.
There are four spaces

12. Quick Review
Line/Space
Line/Space
Line/Space
Line/Space

13. Individual Practice
Work individually on the worksheet provided, put an “S” for space or an “L” for line

14. 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.

15. Treble Clef Lines F D B G E Every Good Boy Does Fine
Every Georgia Bull Dog Fights

16. Treble Clef Spaces E C A F
The spaces spell the word “face”

17. Treble Lines AND SpacesF E D C B A G F E
Notice, there is a line “E” and a space “E”
What other note has a line and a space of the same name?

18. Quick Review A D E C G

19. Individual Practice
One the worksheet provided, give the name of each treble clef note.