ABCs Of Music The Musical Alphabet The musical

ABC’s Of Music

The Musical Alphabet • The musical alphabet is the foundation of music • Just like the regular alphabet, the musical alphabet puts the letters ( or notes) into a specific pattern to form music • The musical alphabet is: • CDEFGABC

CDEFGABC • The musical alphabet is also the C major scale • A scale is a series of 8 notes ( or an octave) that is the foundation of music • All music is based on scales • Scales are the building blocks of music. • Without scales there would be no music

Clefs • The musical alphabet is how musicians read music • Just like the regular alphabet helps students read books • The musical alphabet helps musicians read music. Instead of books musicians use Clefs • There is the Treble Clef and the Bass Clef

The Treble Clef • All instruments that are high voiced like the trumpet, clarinet, flute, oboe, and saxophones play in the treble Clef • The Treble Clef is also called the G Clef

Bass Clef • The Low voiced instruments like the Tuba, Trombone, baritone, Cello, Double bass play in the Bass Clef • The bass Clef is also called the F Clef

Memory Cue for Treble Clef • Here is an easy way to remember the location of the notes on the Clefs • For lines on the treble Clef it is: • Every Good Boy Does Fine • Or E G B D F • For the Spaces it is: • Space rhymes with FACE

Memory Cue for Bass Clef • For the spaces on the Bass Clef the cue is • All Cows Eat Grass or A C E G • For the lines it is: • Good Boys Don’t Fall Asleep • GBDFA

Lines and Spaces of the Clefs

Treble Clef Assignment • Look at treble clef to • • • the right Each measure spells a word Identify each note to spell the word E-mail me the results of the assignment

Bass Clef Assignment • Look at the bass clef • • • to the right Each measure spells a word Identify the notes to spell the word E-mail me the results

Treble Clef Memory Cue Quiz • What is the memory cue to help remember the treble clef lines? • What is the memory cue to help remember the • treble clef spaces? Send your results in an e-mail titles Treble Clef Memory Cue Quiz

Bass Clef Memory Cue Quiz • What is the memory cue to remember the lines of the Bass Clef? • What is the memory cue to remember the spaces of the Bass Clef? • Send your results in an e-mail with the subject line of Bass Clef memory cue quiz