Melody - The Treble Clef

The most common clef is the TREBLE CLEF. The  Treble Clef started from an ornamental Latin letter “G”. One good way to remember this is that the line at the middle of the clef's "swirl" represents the note "G". It gives the clef another name of the “G Clef” because it shows where the note “G” is on the staff by circling the G line.

Treble Clef Transitions

The treble clef is used for instruments with a high pitch. Some of them are: piccolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, guitar, violin, French horn, saxophone, trumpet and piano.

Drawing the Treble Clef

1. Begin above the staff and draw the letter "J" through the staff, ending in the space below the staff.

2. Start at the top of the line and draw a "P" to line 4.

3. Continue to draw a "d" from line 4 (semi-circle to the left) all the way to line 1.

4. Continue to circle up to line 3 and curl around, finishing on line 2.

OR

To draw the treble clef start on the second line of the staff (the G line) and continue like this:

To draw the treble clef start on the second line of the staff (the G line) and continue like this:

To help remember the lines of the treble staff we say: Every Good Boy Does Fine.
And for the spaces we spell F A C E.

Melody - The Clef

The first symbol that appears at the beginning of every music staff is a clef symbol. It is very important because it tells you which note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) is found on each line or space. For example, a treble clef symbol tells you that the second line from the bottom (the line that the symbol curls around) is "G". On any staff, the notes are always arranged so that the next letter is always on the next higher line or space. The last note letter, G, is always followed by another A.

Types of clefs

Melody - The Musical Alphabet

MUSICAL ALPHABET

The musical alphabet has 7 letters. It uses A, B, C, D, E, F & G. You’ll never find “H” in music, or a “Q” or anything other than A through G. This rule has NO EXCEPTIONS! The notes are written alphabetically when the notes are written one after the other (line-space-line-space, etc).

Melody - The Staff - High and Low

THE STAFF – HIGH AND LOW

Musical sounds (low or high) are shown by the position of notes on the staff. Notes that are higher on the staff have a higher sound or pitch than those that are lower on the staff.

The second note sounds lower than the first note

The second note sounds higher than the first note

Melody - What is Melody?

Melody - a series of pitches sounding one after the other, i.e., the tune of a song.

It is a musical line (a group of notes that comes one after the other) that normally gets most of your attention when you hear a piece of music, and that most people, when asked to sing or hum a piece of music, will give you the melody.

Using pitches and rhythms combined creates a  MELODY.

A pitch is a musical sound that is represented by symbol of a note.