1.  Notes

Read the following:  

Music is written on a five-line grid called a STAVE with the notes written on the lines and the spaces. The can also be written just above or below the five line stave.

In example 1 you can see there is a sign written on the left of the notes.  The notes follow this with their names written underneath. The sign on the left is a TREBLE CLEF.  It is an important sign as it tells the musician that the notes used will be as those named in example 1.  There are also other clefs but we will concentrate on this one for now

 EXAMPLE 1

Exercise 1a

Draw a few treble clefs.

It is important that you learn how to draw a treble clef. This can be drawn in four stages.

  1. Draw seven dots in a vertical line
  2. Starting on the second line draw a right curving spiral up to the middle line then down to the bottom line.
  3. Continue curling upwards cutting through the dot on next to the to line and dropping on the top dot.
  4. The last stage is easy. Continue downwards through all the dots and curl to the left.

Exercise 1b

Draw the treble clef and write in the four notes FACE in the spaces.

Exercise 1c

Draw the treble clef and write in the five notes EGBDF.  This time use the E and G that are furthest to the left and the F that is furthest to the right.

Exercise 2a

Look at the notes written in example 2. Write down the words that the notes spell.

EXAMPLE 2  

  a)    
b)    
c)    

 

Exercise 2b

Now draw the following words as notes on a five-line stave. Draw the treble clef before you start each word.

NB. You have two notes to choose from with the G and E etc.

                    i.      DAD

                  ii.      CAB

                iii.      CABBAGE

                iv.      CAGE

                  v.      BAD

                vi.      FAB

                                vii.     CAFE

Copyright © 2002 David Hayes

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