Bass clef may also be referred to as f clef, because the note f is found on the line in between the two dots of the clefs symbol. The bass clef is generally used for the lower staff and the treble clef for the upper one because the left hands notes typically fall below middle c and the right hands notes typically are above middle c. The easiest tunes from horace silver, eddie harris, freddie hubbard, red garland, cannonball adderley, sonny rollins, cedar walton, wes montgomery, etc. These scores show the same notes written in treble and in bass clef. You can see that the notes in the middle spaces actually spell f a c e with the d below the staff and g above the staff either side.
Piano teaching game day is back with the the bass clef. In a lot of piano music, the upper staff is always in the treble clef and the lower staff is always in the bass clef. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. Clefs tell us which notes correspond to lines or spaces on the staff. Medium level 84% of success 20 questions 14 919 players.
This is how the treble or g clef looks on the stave. I really like having a fake book with writtenout scales for soloing, chord voicings, guitar diagrams and bass lines. Guitar reads music with a treble clef but not all instruments use the same clef. I was just wondering whether music for bass clarinet is usually written in either bass or treble clef. Mar 05, 2012 giving history of the clef is also great. I have the bass clef for me, because i play bass, my son has the treble clef, and i own another treble clef, and a digital copy, so that i can have them when im jamming with others. Transcribing bass clef music to treble is relatively easy, itll just appear strange. Any musician studying music at conservatory would, early on in the process, learn to read piano grand staff with bass clef in the left hand and treble clef in the right hand. Make sure its something you could stand to listen to like 100 more times. Common mnemonics to memorize include good boys do fine always and great big dogs fight animals. Lowering the bass clef to the second highest line creates a baritone clef. The bass clef is also known as the f clef because of the fact that it has two dots above and below the fourth line. To transpose music, you really just need a blank sheet of lined music paper, and a pencil.
Once you identify this note, it is easy to find the other notes. The solution below shows the position of note b and b natural on the piano, treble clef and bass clef the lesson steps then describe the note characteristics and relationship with the notes around it, and also lists which scales the note is in for a quick summary of this topic, have a look at note name. Oct 26, 2007 transcribing bass clef music to treble is relatively easy, itll just appear strange. The notes in the treble staff follow the same pattern as other notes on the music staff. This worksheet uses dotted lines to teach the student how to draw the treble clef and bass clef. The focus of this 3 and a half minute lesson is the notes of the treble and bass clefs. You can think of it as having a clef for each hand because you generally play the notes on the treble clef with your right hand and the notes on the bass clef with your left hand. Alma dolphin dance dont get around much anymore easy living epistrophy falling in love with. The treble clef is sometimes called the g clef, because the treble clef symbol circles around the line g. The treble clef is found at the beginning of each line of music. What phrase would you use to work out the notes on the lines in the treble clef. Most tunes never seen in print before presented in real easy format tune on one page, educational material on each facing page. Note that the two notes shown above are the exact same pitch.
Treble and bass clef note names overview free pdf handout. The lesson steps then describe the note characteristics and relationship with the notes around it, and also lists which scales the note is in. Combines the treble and bass clef note cards published by elearninglinks. First, look into some music theory, either through a class or a book. Well, the treble clef is three fifths above the bass clef, and so i imagine those bottom middle and top lines corresponding to the three additional strings that would come next on the cello e, b, and f. The notes in the spaces of the bass staff follow the pattern above as well, with an added bonus. From treble clef to bass clef baritone paperback january 1, 1972 by reginald h. Go to your bass clef and write the e on the third space of the bass clef. Meet the bass clef your left hand the lower staff of full piano music is called the bass clef. Quiz can you name notes in the treble and bass clef. The relative distances are exactly the same, so d to f to a to c is the same. Treble clef is the clef most often used in vocal music. Step 2 start at the dot and draw an ear shape curving up to the top line and straight down to the bottom line.
The bottom staff of keyboard instruments also use bass clef. The secret is practise but, like anything in life, if you find it boring you give up. Only difference between treble clef and bass clef is which note is on what line. Bass clef treble clef two octaves lower, minus two notes or one line down fr the same notename. Need for my sons tuba lessons, great book to easily understand. Music uses several different clefs, but as a keyboard player youre in luck you only need to know two the treble clef and the bass clef. Oct 20, 2016 a tutorial on how to read notes on the stave, covering treble and bass clef.
I cant read treble clef so reading off his copy was a nonstarter. This quiz will allow you to test your knowledge on reading musical notes in teh treble clef and bass clef. The notes are still arranged in ascending order, but they are all in different places than they were in treble clef. Dec 29, 2016 the bass clef is the second one most used.
The bass guitar is a transposing instrument, as it is notated in bass clef an octave higher than it sounds as is the double bass to avoid excessive ledger lines. There are a few others including bass clef and moveable c clef. Play familiar tunes in treble clef and then, when you have learned them well, turn over to see and play them in bass clef. The bass clef is also known as the f clef and looks like this. A g in treble clef becomes a g in bass clef, and you have to find where to put it. Jul 15, 2010 either clef sign may be employed for either staff. In choral music, female voice parts are written in the treble clef. Quiz can you name notes in the treble and bass clef quiz. The melody begins with the note on the second space of the staff.
The book is available in two editions, treble clef and bass clef, and is graded. It uses the same concepts as the treble clef in the, but the names of the lines and spaces are different. Bass clef, sixth edition plastic comb july 1, 2005. Tunes for beginning improvisers bass clef michael zisman, hal leonard corp. Find a tune that you can play on your right hand, in treble clef, well. You can repeat the above steps to change the clef of the drum part to. How to draw a bass clef sign in 3 easy steps music. If you transposed c on the third space of the treble clef, it. Once in awhile in classical music, especially on solo passages, bass music is written in treble. Your first score musink help music notation editor.
Heres how you can draw a bass clef sign quickly and easily in about 3 steps how to draw a bass clef sign. Today, a new worksheet was added to the printables page, all about the treble clef and bass clef. It is important that the student knows the alternate names to these clefs and the note in which they are based upon. A tune a day for trombone or euphonium bass clef book one, c.
In older versions of musink, the drum part may have a treble clef by default. All good boys deserve fruit, all cows eat grass, good birds dont fly away, every good boy deserves fruit. How to change the treble clef to a bass clef our pastimes. Middle c is the note exactly between the bass and treble clefs, as noted in the. We will learn a trick to name the notes that are on a treble clef with the phrase face and every good. The solution below shows the position of note b and b natural on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. Thus you write the same notename one line higher if on a line, or one space hi. The bass clef is also known as the f clef, and the note below the stave is f which makes it easy to remember. The notes on the bass staff follow the same pattern as other notes on the music staff. This clef is used for lowsounding instruments, such as bass guitar, cello, double bass, bassoon, trombone, tuba, and timpani. Ive been playing electric bass for 6 years, and tenor sax for 1. The real easy book volume 1 is my alltime favorite entrylevel fake book, and volume 2 is just as impressive for the intermediate level improviser. If you transposed b on the third line of the treble clef to the bass clef, it would be on the second line.
Jan 24, 2015 lets start with the treble clef notes. And this is not because i only teach the treble clef to my beginning students. Bass and treble clef, heart, music, classic vector illustration isolated on white background red notes treble bass clef love music seamless pattern vector logo icon heart with notes and treble clef, vector sign love for music, melomaniac symbol treble clef with heart logo design. If i leave the notes precisely where they are on the staff, but change the clef sign to a bass clef, this is what happens. If this symbol is different like a cursive s or strange b you do not have a bass clef. Step 3 add two dots on both sides of the fourth line. The top of the clef should touch the very top line of the staff. Three speeds for the treble clef and three speeds for bass clef. If you want the note to be lower, move to the a lower e on the bass clef, located one ledger line below the bass clef. If the part that is to be played by one hand has to move up or down by a. However, the point is that, regardless of the range of notes being played at the moment, the upper staff should show the part for the right hand, and the lower staff should show the part for the left hand. When used on a modern stave the dots are either side of the 4th line, showing that note is f. If you want to become a serious musician who can read both treble and bass clef, buying a treble clef real book is an excellent investment. Play familiar tunes in bass clef and then, when you have learned them well, turn the page over to see and play them in treble clef.
Its purpose is to tell the reader what notes the lines and spaces on the staff represent. We will learn a trick to name the notes that are on a treble clef with the phrase face and every good boy deserves food and on the bass clef with the. You must click the button at the bottom of screen that matches the line or space the note is moving on before it reaches the clef sign. Mar 27, 2015 treble and bass clef note names overview free pdf handout stay safe and healthy. Clef a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written. The notes in the spaces of the treble staff follow the pattern above d f a c e g. The base cleff spells aceg between the lines from bottom to top, which can be remembered as all cows eat grass the base cleff spells gbdfa on the lines from bottom to top, which can be remembered as good boys do fine, always. I also included a couple of illustrations in this worksheet showing the. In modern music, only four clefs are used regularly. Treble and bass clef love heart sign watercolor art print music treble clef gclef painting illustrations art print wall poster decor n. When used on a modern stave it curls around the 2nd line showing that note to be g. The treble clef is also known as the g clef and looks like this. The music and 100 tips in this book aim to make this training both easy and fun. A clef from french clef key is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes.
Oct 03, 2009 every note on the treble clef goes down either 1 line or space in the bass clef. In fact, i introduce guide notes in the treble and bass clefs almost from day 1 well, not quite but you get the idea. A bass clef symbol tells you that the second line from the top the one bracketed by the symbols dots is f. Every note on the treble clef goes down either 1 line or space in the bass clef. The real book 1 bass clef sixth edition realbook c. The letters always remain in this order, which makes it easy to use. Some teachers skip the whole part about the g clef and f clef and just teach treble clef and bass clef. Using a blank staff lines on a piece of notebook paper work fine, transpose that line into bass clef. If the note is an e written on the fourth space, the note needs to be an e in bass clef. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and.
The staff with fewer ledger lines is easier to read and write. The real book volume 1 c treble clef edition ellis music. A tutorial on how to read notes on the stave, covering treble and bass clef. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. G is the bottom 1st line of bass, but the 2nd line of treble. On treble clef it could start on the space below the clef, or on the fourth line from the. Love for music vector design heaheart violin and bass clef, vector. Music written for a soloist male or female is almost always written in treble clef as well. Bass clef notes, naming lines and spaces, how to draw. A tune a day for trombone or euphonium bass clef book one paperback. For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at note name. Real easy book, vol 3 bass clef version chuck sher on. While my beginning piano students take to the treble clef like a duck to water, visually recognizing notes in the bass clef always seems to be a challenge.
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