2. CONTENTS.
Definition of grand
staff.
The lines of the grand
staff.
The spaces of the
grand staff.
The invisible line in the
grand staff.
Putting the notes on
the staves
3. GRAND STAFF.
The Grand Staff
(also known as
the Grand Stave)
is basically just 2
staves joined
together, with an
invisible line in
between them.
There are two
staves which
make up the
Grand Staff. The
top stave uses
the Treble Clef to
identify notes and
the bottom stave
uses the Bass
Clef
4. THE LINE IN THE GRAND STAFF
First we will be looking
at the lines in the top
stave. This is the treble
clef (also called the G
clef) stave.
These are the first five
letters of the pattern E
G B D F from the
bottom line to the top
line and as long as you
know the order of the
letters from E, you can
always work out a note
by starting from the
bottom line and
working through the
sequence of letters.
5. THE SPACES IN THE GRAND STAFF.
The spaces in the
grand staff begin with
an F and because
there are 4 spaces the
spaces will be F A C E.
This makes it easy to
memorize the top staff
because they are spelt
in F A C E.
6. THE SPACES IN THE GRAND STAFF.
The spaces on
the bottom staff
begin on A in the
sequence and
because there
are 4 spaces the
spaces are A C E
G.
7. THE LINE OF THE GRAND STAFF.
The lines on the bottom
staff also follow the
same sequence of
letters, but for the
bottom staff we begin
on G. So the sequence
of letters will be
G,B,D,F,A.
8. THE INVISIBLE LINE IN THE GRAND
STAFF.
There is a invisible line
running through the
two staves. There are 5
lines in a staff, but the
staves actually has 11
lines. Middle C is also
the note in the middle
of the Grand Staff. The
picture below shows
the notes on the lines
and spaces including
the invisible line.
9. THE INVISIBLE LINE IN THE GRAND
STAFF.
The picture above
shows the notes on the
grand staff from the
bottom line of the base
clef to the top line of
the treble clef.
Now you can see the
sequence of letters
from the bottom to the
top. A C E G B D F A C
E.
10. PUTTING NOTES ON THE STAVES.
Music notes are
slightly squashed
circles that can either
be on a line or in a
space.
When a note is on
a line, the line
passes through
the middle of the
note.
When a note is in
a space, it is
directly in
between the lines.
11.
12.
13. EXAMPLES.
This note is on the A line
in the bass clef-therefore
it is A!
This note is on the B
line on the treble clef-
therefore it is B.
