Reading a Score: treble and bass clef

A score looks complicated, but it is a map with a few simple rules. Learn the staff and the two clefs, and the page starts to make sense.

What you will learn

• The staff has five lines and four spaces
• Treble clef: the lines are E G B D F and the spaces are F A C E
• Where Middle C sits between the two hands
• Bass clef, for the left hand
• The grand staff, with both clefs together