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Introduction To The Staff

The musical staff provides the fundamental framework used to write and read music notation. This lesson explains the five lines and four spaces of the staff, how notes are placed on it, and the importance of clefs in defining pitch.

Perfect for beginners, this video lays the groundwork for understanding how music is visually organized and read by musicians.

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Interactive Exercise

1: Which is the correct layout of the musical staff?

2: What sentence can be used to remember the letter name of each note on the five lines of a staff with a bass clef?

3: What are the letters of each note on the four spaces of the staff with a bass clef from bottom to top?

4: What sentence can be used to remember the letter name of each note on the five lines of a staff with a treble clef?

5: What are the letters of each note on the four spaces of the staff with a treble clef from bottom to top?

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Enharmonic Equivalents

Enharmonic equivalents can be thought of as two notes with the same pitch but different letter names and notations.

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