jHorn
Introducing the Staff or Stave
Musical notation is written out using
the spaces between the lines, or on the lines depending on which notes they are.
Time signatures tell us how many
beats per measure.
Bass Clef
3
The first
notes we will learn on the jHorn are called B, A and G. This is what they look like on the
staff. Notice how A is on the line which the B and G are in the spaces between the lines.
We will learn to read more notes at the same time as we learn to play them on our instruments.
9
5
lines called the staff, or stave. The notes are placed either in
Bar lines divide the music staff
into measures
Final bar line, found at
the end of the piece.