Chapter 2

I. What are Staffs ?

Staffs are musical lines, showing the

pitches of different musical notes.

There are many different kinds of

staff for different instruments :

1. Single-lined Staff for most percussion

instruments.

2. Five-line Staff for conventional instruments , e.g.

piano, violin , cello etc.

3. Six-line Staff for folk music instruments, e.g.

guitar.

II. What is a Clef ?

A clef is a sign written at the beginning of the staff to fix the position of one note.

There are many different kinds of clef :

III. Treble Clef

A Treble Clef centers around the second line of the staff showing that the second line is the place for G3. Hence, it is also called the G clef.

III.1 Drawing the Treble Clef :

IV. Letter-names

The pitch of sound in music is denoted by a

series of letter-names :

A B C D E F G

V.1. Letter-names in Treble Clef

V.2. Ledger Lines in Treble Clef

What are ledger lines ?

Ledger lines are extra- musical lines added above or below the normal staff :

V.3 Class work 1 :

Give the letter name of the following notes:

V.3 Class work 2

Write the following notes as indicated :

VI. Bass Clef

A Bass Clef centres around the fourth line of the staff showing that the fourth line is the place for F2. Hence, it is also called the F clef.

VI.1 Drawing Bass Clef :

The Way of writing the Bass clef :

VI.2. Ledger Lines in Bass Clef

VI.3 Class work 1 :

Write the letter-names to these notes :

VI.3 Class work 2

Write the clef beside the following notes :

VI.3. Class work 3

VII. 1. Sol-fa names in C major

There are seven different solfeges in major scale :

doh , ray , me , fah , soh

lah , te

VII. 2 Class work :

VII.2 Class work :

Under each of these notes write its letter names & sol-fa names :

VIII. Sight singing practice

Study the following music carefully and sing out the sol-fa names in C major

The scale of C major will be played once and the pitch of the first note will be given

a 2nd attempt will be allowed if necessary .

Song 1

Song 2

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