16.1 · The Grand Staff
The bass clef
Low notes would drown the treble staff in ledger lines, so the left hand gets its own staff with its own clef. The bass clef is an old letter F: its two dots hug the second line from the top, naming it F3. Anchor there and count.
The lines: G B D F A
Bottom to top: "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always." Every one sounds below middle C.
The spaces: "All Cows Eat Grass"
A C E G, bottom space to top. Between them and the lines, every low note has a named home.
Write on it
Same staff, lower neighborhood. Tap lines and spaces; each note names itself and plays. Notice the top ledger note is middle C, the treble staff's bottom ledger. Same key on the keyboard.
Quiz
1 / 3The bass clef's two dots hug the line of…