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Mnemonics for Piano NotesBy Blake Neely from Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Reading piano music is a learned skill, and to help you remember the names of the lines and spaces for each staff and thenotes they represent, try a mnemonic — a word or phrase created from the letter names of these lines and spaces.

You can use the following mnemonics, but feel free to make up your own. Unless otherwise noted, these mnemonics start onthe bottom line of each staff and go up:

Treble clef lines (E-G-B-D-F):

Traditional: Every Good Boy Does Fine

Musical: Every Good Band Draws Fans

Pianistic: Even Gershwin Began (as a) Dummy First

Culinary: Eating Green Bananas Disgusts Friends

Shameless: Every Good Book (is a) Dummies Favorite

Treble clef spaces (F-A-C-E):

Traditional: FACE (like the one holding your nose)

Musical: Forks And Chopsticks Everywhere

Laundry (start with top space): Eventually Colors Always Fade

Bass clef lines (G-B-D-F-A):

Recreational: Good Bikes Don’t Fall Apart

Animal: Great Big Dogs Fight Animals

Musical: Great Beethoven’s Deafness Frustrated All

Musical: Grandpa Bach Did Fugues A lot

Painful: Giving Blood Doesn’t Feel Agreeable

Bass clef spaces (A-C-E-G):

Musical: American Composers Envy Gershwin

Animal: All Cows Eat Grass

Revenge (start with top space): Get Even, Call Avon

Read enough of these mnemonics and you’ll be hard-pressed to forget them. Of course, if you do happen to forget thesehelpful tools, simply find the line encircled by the clef and move up or down the alphabet from there.

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