Music Theory

The staff is the foundation upon which notes are drawn.

The staff?

The modern staff comprises five lines and four spaces.

The modern staff?

Every line or space on the staff represents a white key on the keyboard.

What staff represent on the keyboard?

Clefs assign individual notes to certain lines or spaces. Two clefs are normally used: the Treble and Bass clefs.

The clefs?

Treble Clef is also called the G Clef. The staff line which the clef wraps around is know as G. Any note placed on this line becomes G. The note on the space above G is A. The note on the line above A is B then C, D, E, F and again G.

Treble Clef?

Ledger Line is a small line that extends the staff when we run out of room. Then we can place note A.

We run out of room to place notes, what happens now?