The document provides an overview of how to read music. It discusses the staff which is comprised of 5 lines and 4 spaces. It then describes the grand staff which represents the full range of notes playable, with the treble clef on top for the right hand and bass clef on bottom for the left hand. Mnemonic devices are provided to help remember note placements, such as Every Good Boy Does Fine for treble clef lines and Good Boys Deserve Fudge for bass clef lines. The document emphasizes understanding both notes and rhythm to read music fully.

1. How to Read Music
 A Quick Overview by Anne Pugh

2. The Staff
 The staff is comprised of 5
lines and 4 spaces
 The staff is usually
accompanied by a Clef which
tells you what notes the staff
is representing

3. The Grand Staff
 The Grand Staff represents the
notes that you would play in
any given piece
 This particular grand staff is
common with piano pieces
 The top staff has the Treble
Clef; itrepresents what your
right hand usually plays
 The bottom staff with the Bass
Clef; itrepresents your left hand

4. The Treble Clef
The Treble clef tells you
Treble Clef: where to find the note “G”
 The Clefs curl circles around
the note G.
This line is G!

5. The Bass Clef
The line is F!
 The bass clef represents
lower notes (hence why it is
usually on the bottom staff)
 The clef tells you where the
note “F” is by having two
dots straddle the F line on
that particular staff

6. A Few Things…
 From finding out where the G and F are on the
respective Treble and Bass clefs, you can then figure
out the rest of the grand staff alphabetically
 Music, however, only has notes A through G
 There is no note for “H”
 So when you label the staff, it goes as such:
 ABCDEFGABCDEFG- and so on

7. 
The Grand Staff; Labeled
Did you get it?

8. The Treble Clef Mnemonic Device
Mnemonic Devices Spaces; Treble Clef
 There is an easy way to  The notes in the spaces of
remember where notes land the staff notated with a
depending on the clef treble clef spell out F-A-C-E;
FACE.
 Both the Treble and Bass clef
have these E
C
A
F

9. F -Fine The lines create
D -Does a sentence that
you read from
B -Boy the bottom up;
Every Good Boy
G -Good
Does Fine.
E -Every The starting
letter of every
word is the note
for that line.

Treble Clef Mnemonic Device; Lines

10. Bass Clef Mnemonics
Spaces
G -Gas
Lines
E -Eat
A -Always
C -Cars
F -Fine
A -All
D -Do
B -Boys
Fun fact! The bass
clef kind of looks
like an “F”! G -Good

11. Two Ways to Figure Out Notes on Staff
Choose
Find note
Mnemonics
through Clef
Lines; EGBDF Spaces; FACE Bass= F;
& GBDFA & ACEG Treble= G

12. Final Notes
 Understanding the Grand
Staff and where the notes
fall in each clef is important!
 However, you still need to
understand rhythm and how
long each note is held
depending on its time
signature
Now that you know the  For more information, watch
basics, you can learn simple
songs such as Ode to Joy! Listen
this video.
to Anne play it now!