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STAFF, CLEFS & PITCH NOTATION
Provided by: Hector Vejar

	This is called a Staff or a Stave and the plural name for either one is Staves. Each Staff is composed of 5 lines & 4 spaces.

	This is the G Clef Symbol or better known as the “Treble Clef”. This Clef is generally used in choir to show notes that Sopranos & Altos should sing.

	This is an octave down G Clef Symbol or better known as the “Tenor Clef”. This Clef is generally used in choir to show notes that only Tenors should sing.

	This is the F Clef Symbol or better known as the “Bass Clef”. This Clef is generally used in choir to show the notes that Tenors & Basses should sing.

	Music notes are read from left to right. Notes may lie in the space between two lines, on a line above the line or below the line.

	Notes outside the range covered by the lines and spaces of the staff are placed on, above or below lines, called ledger lines, which can be placed above or below the staff.

	The five lines read upwards spell EGBDF.You can remember this by using the phrase ' E very G ood B oy D oes F ine '.

	The Notes in the four inner spaces of the treble clef read upwards spell the word FACE.

	The names of the bass clef lines GBDFA can be remembered by the phrase Good Boys Do Fine Always.

	The four inner spaces ACEG by the phrases All Cows Eat Grass.