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The treble clef is a symbol that is printed at the start of a line of sheet music to assign the lines and spaces of the staff to specific note pitches. It is one of the most well known and recognisable musical symbols:
A note can be placed on every line and space on the treble clef staff, and underneath it as well. Starting from middle c, the treble clef notes are C – D – E – F – G – A – B – C – D – E – F.
The letters E, G, B, D, and F represent the names of the notes on the lines on the staff (not including ledger lines), starting from the bottom going upward: There is also a mnemonic for the spaces in the staff: F A C E
The most commonly used clefs in music today are: Treble clef – The treble clef, also known as The G Clef, notates pitches above middle C on the piano. It is known as The G Clef because it looks like a G, and the bottom curves around the second line of the staff, which is also G.
Lines on the treble (or G) clef are E-G-B-D-F. A good way to remember this is with the phrase, “Every Good Boy Does Fine”, “Every Green Bus Drives Fast” or “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge”. You can use whichever one suits you. Lines are counted from the bottom to the top of the staff.
All musical notation is written on a collection of lines and spaces called a staff. Each of the five lines and four spaces represents a note with a different letter name depending upon which clef is found at the beginning of the staff. The two most commonly used clefs are the treble clef and the bass clef.
The notes on the lines of the treble staff follow the pattern above E - G - B - D - F. Middle C is on a line below the treble staff. It is probably the most recognisable note in all of music and is the first note most people learn when they start on the piano or keyboard.