The musical staff consists of five horizontal lines and four spaces used to notate musical notes. It contains a G clef or treble clef and is divided into measures by vertical bar lines. The notes on the lines spell out EGBDF and notes on the spaces spell out FACE to help memorize their order.

2. The Musical Staff

3. The Musical Staff
A staff is made up of five horizontal lines and four spaces.

4. The Musical Staff
5 Lines
1
2
3
4
5

5. The Musical Staff
4 Spaces
1
2
3
4

6. The Musical Staff
G Clef or Treble Clef

7. The Musical Staff
A bar line (or barline) is a single vertical line used to divide a musical
staff into measures
Vertical Bar
MEASURE

8. The Musical Staff
How to read music?
You have to know How to remember the notes in the
Staff

9. The Notes on the Lines are
E-G-B-D-F
Fine
Does
Boy
Good
Every
Remember the phrase : Every Good Boy Does Fine

10. The Notes on the Spaces are
F-A-C-E
E
C
A
F
Remember the word FACE