Clef
.
A clef
(from French: clef “key”) is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. Placed on one of the lines at the beginning of the stave, it indicates the name and pitch of the notes on that line.
What are the pitch names?
alphabet – namely A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The pitch named “A” is the lowest frequency, and
the pitch named “G” is the highest
. The white keys on a piano keyboard are assigned these letters, as shown below. A typical piano has 52 white keys, so the drawing below is only a portion of the keyboard.
How do you find a pitch name?
Pitches are named
using the first seven letters of the alphabet
: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. On the far left hand side of every staff is a clef. There are several different kinds of clefs, but the two most frequently used are the treble clef (also called the G clef) and the bass clef (also called the F clef).
What are the pitch names for the bass clef staff spaces?
In the bass clef, the names of the four spaces, bottom to top, are
A, C, E, and G
. The acronym All Cars Eat Gas (or All Cows Eat Grass) can be used to learn the bass clef space note names.
What are the pitch name found in the lines of the staff?
Clef
.
A clef
(from French: clef “key”) is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. Placed on one of the lines at the beginning of the stave, it indicates the name and pitch of the notes on that line.
What is 7 pitch called?
There are only seven note names
(A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
, and each line or space on a staff will correspond with one of those note names. To get all twelve pitches using only the seven note names, we allow any of these notes to be sharp, flat, or natural.
What are the pitch names for the treble spaces?
In the treble clef, the names of the four spaces, bottom to top, are
F, A, C, and E
. If the space below the bottom line, D, is added, then the acronym Dog FACE can be used to learn the treble clef note names.
Is C higher than D?
In the major scale, there are eight notes going up the steps from bottom to top. These are the eight notes of the octave. On a C scale, the notes from
low to high would be C
, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
What are the seven notes?
In the chromatic scale there are 7 main musical notes called
A, B, C, D, E, F, and G
. They each represent a different frequency or pitch.
What are the names of the octaves?
- Octave Names (pictured above): C0 – B0: sub-contra octave (A0 is the lowest pitch on a full piano) C1 – B1: contra octave. C2 – B2: great octave. C3 – B3: small octave. …
- Names of the C-Notes: C0: triple pedal C. C1: double pedal C. C2: pedal C. C3: bass C.
Which key is the lowest in music?
There
C
is the lowest note were playing.
How do you read a pitch?
Pitch is written using the
five lines and four spaces of the staff
. The notes go up in sound, or pitch, as you climb through A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. After G comes A again, which has the same tone as the first A, but higher in pitch as it is a higher octave.
What is the value of the shortest note?
The smallest value we have seen up to this point is that of
the quarter note (crotchet)
, which lasts for a whole beat. Of course, there are symbols for notes of shorter duration.
What is the symbol for G clef?
A symbol located at the beginning of a staff to indicate the pitches of the notes placed on the lines and spaces of the staff. The G clef is so named because the symbol is
a stylized letter “G” that encircles the line of the
staff, indicating where the “G” above middle C (G4 or g
1
) is located.
What are the elements of pitch notation?
The primary elements of musical sound are pitch, or the location of musical sound on the scale (hence interval, or distance, between notes); duration
(hence rhythm, metre, tempo); timbre or tone colour
; and volume (hence stress, attack). In practice, no notation can handle all of these elements with precision.
What is the 2nd line of the bass clef staff?
A bass clef symbol tells you that the second line from the top (the one bracketed by the symbol’s dots) is
F
. The notes are still arranged in ascending order, but they are all in different places than they were in treble clef.
