

Notice that one is on the line right in the center of the treble clef's curl, and the other one is in the space of the loop at the top of the treble clef. In the picture above, I've written two whole notes, both of which are G's. This will make more sense once you read the next section that shows you the note names in Treble Clef, but for now, you can know that the Treble Clef is also called the G clef because each of the curls wraps around where the note "G" lives. The treble clef is one of the most common clefs in music. If you were a tuba player trying to read notes below middle C, which would you prefer to read: treble clef or bass clef? The Treble Clef Notice how it is written just one ledger line above the staff. It is just one ledger line below the staff.Īnd here is the exact same note (middle C) written in bass clef. Let's look at how we can write middle C (C4) with either Treble Clef or Bass Clef. This would make music incredibly difficult to read, so instead we use clefs.Ĭlefs change the note names for the lines and spaces of the musical staff. Or imagine you play Tuba and every note you played was 12 ledger lines below the staff. How can you show all 88 notes without having to add dozens of ledger lines? you have five ledger lines and four spaces. Your average piano has 88 keys spanning 7 (and a bit) octaves.
