

Well, you can do that with ledger lines.Ī ledger line is a little horizontal line just under or above the staff that you place there where you want your note. That’s still easy: just put it under the lowest line.īut how can we put the middle C? The middle C should be again on a line. How is this possible when the note on the lowest line is an E? Let’s first put a D on the staff. And it was even possible to display notes lower than middle C. Ledger linesĪs I mentioned before: the treble clef is for notes from middle C and higher. In this way we can go on, which gives us all the notes that can be placed on or in between the lines of the staff.Īn easy way to remember the notes on the treble clef is by looking at the notes that go in between the lines: they make the word ‘FACE’.įrom the ‘FACE’-notes, it’s very easy to deduce all the other notes. The next note, F, is displayed between the lowest 2 lines of the staff. This is the E which is a major 3 rd higher than the middle C. To indicate that the staff we’re reading is in treble clef, we use the next treble clef symbol at the beginning of the staff:Īs I said, the notes can be displayed on or in between the lines of the staff. And sometimes, but not often, notes on the treble clef are played with the left hand. You can display notes on a treble clef that are lower than middle C. So this is for the right hand on the piano. The treble clef is mainly for notes from middle C and higher.

The notes on the treble clef can be on or in between the 5 horizontal lines. A staff consists of 5 horizontal lines where the notes can be placed.
