Reading Staff Music

The Note:


Height of the note's head on the staff relates to the pitch of the note played. The higher a note is placed on the staff, the higher the pitch. To indicate silence a rest is used.




The note can be placed on a line or a space between two lines. However, a note cannot be placed on more than one line or in more than one space.




Each line and space stands for a different pitch; however, the name of the note may be the same. The only letters used to name notes are "a," "b," "c," "d," "e," "f," and "g." Once the staff reaches "g," it simply repeats back to "a."




There are many ways to remember this the most common for the lines:

                Fine
            Does
        Boy
    Good
Every

For the spaces the letter spell F A C E.

However, these nine notes could never account for the vast amount of notes that someone can play on a guitar. For those extra notes above and below the staff, use ledger lines.







Ledger Lines:


The ledger line simply extends the staff up or down by a line. Just like with the staff there are lines and spaces to a ledger line.










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