Lines and Spaces

The staff has 5 lines.

1.2.

3.

4.

5.

Count the number of each line from the bottom.

The staff also has 4 spaces

between the lines.

1.

2.

3.

4.

Count from the bottom.

Each line and space is given a letter name when a clef is on the

staff.Treble Clef is for High Pitches

Bass Clef is for Low Pitches

When you say both the lines and the spaces, you use the first 7

letters of the alphabet.

A B C D E F G ONLY!!!!!!

D

GE

B

FA

CE

F

D

D

GE

F

B

Let’s learn the names of the TREBLE CLEF

FACE

Lines Spaces

You can remember the names of the lines by

saying:

D

GE

F

B

Every

Good

Boy

Deserves

Fudge

You can remember the names of the spaces by naming types of faces:

C

F

E

AFat

Angry

Crying

Evil

Name the notes.

G.

B.

D.

Name the notes.

E.

B.

F.

Name the notes.

B.

G.E.

Name the notes.

G.

E.

D.

Name the notes.

B.

D.

E.

Name the notes.

G.

F.

E.

You can name the spacesby spelling a word that

rhymes with space.

DFACEG

E C

AF

Can you find the word?

Name the notes.

F.

A.

C.

Name the notes.

C.

F. F.

Name the notes.

C.

E.

F.

Name the notes.

A.

E.

F.

Name the notes.

E.

C.

A.

Name the notes.

A.

F.

E.

You must first look to see if

the note is a line note,or a space note.

A.G.

E.

Name the notes.

G.A.

F.

Name the notes.

G.

E.

B.

Name the notes.

E.

C.

F.

When you put the TREBLE STAFF and the BASS STAFF together you

have the GRAND STAFF

To make notes above or below the staff we use LEDGER LINES. The

most famous one is middle C.

Middle C

Name these notes above and below the grand staff.

Glenda SchalesKaiser Elementary

Houston, TexasRevised by Aimee Vilcins

January 2007