String Bass Online - Reading Music

String Bass Online Reading Music

A, B, C, D, E, F, G	Seven letters of the alphabet are used to name notes in music.
Staff	Musical notes are written on and between five parallel lines called a staff.
Treble Clef	The Treble clef or G clef is used for violin music. It also is used by the viola, cello and bass when the notes are in a higher range than the tenor and bass clefs.
Alto Clef	The Alto clef is the most frequently used clef in viola music. Notice how the clef curves in the middle to point to the note middle C.
Bass Clef	The Bass clef (or F clef) is the most frequently used clef in bass and cello music. Notice how the two dots surround the line F.
Tenor Clef	The Tenor clef is used for bass music with notes in a range higher than notes found in the bass clef. The middle pointer of this clef points to middle C (the second line from the top of the staff).
Notes on the lines:	Memory tip for notes written on these lines using the bass clef. Use each note as the first letter of the words in the sentence Go Buy Donuts For All.
Notes in the spaces:	Memory tip for notes written in the spaces: use each note as the first letter of the words in the sentence All Cows Eat Grass.
Notes which extend above and below the staff are written on ledger lines & spaces.
Notes below the staff:	Notes above the staff:
Consecutive letter names of notes using the Bass clef:
Consecutive letter names of notes using the Treble clef: