Start learning music theory for ABRSM Grade 1 with this presentation explaining where all music is written: in a staff.
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2. How do we write music?
• This is called a staff
• We write music in each line or space
3. Where does the music go?
• Notes go either in a line or a space
• What they sound like depends on their position on the staff
4. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes:
5. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C
This note is important
because it is in the middle
of a piano.
It’s called middle C
6. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D
7. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E
8. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E, F
9. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E, F, G
10. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E, F, G, A
11. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B
12. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B!
• Then it just repeats!
C
13. There’s not a lot of space…
• There isn’t a lot of space indeed!
• We only have 7 different notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B!
• Then it just repeats!
D
14. So what is that symbol?
• The symbol at the start is called a clef
• This one is the treble clef, or G clef
15. So what is that symbol?
• This one is the treble clef, or G clef
• This is because the line at which we start drawing is G
16. How do we draw it?
• Drawing the clef isn’t too difficult!
• We start at the second line from the bottom, around the note G
17. How do we draw it?
• Drawing the clef isn’t too difficult!
• Then we loop around it
18. How do we draw it?
• Drawing the clef isn’t too difficult!
• Go above the top line
19. How do we draw it?
• Drawing the clef isn’t too difficult!
• And below the bottom line!