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Stave Secrets · Part 2 of 6Draft

Clefs: The Keys to the Stave

10 min readKids 5–10BeginnerActivity: Treble or bass?

Draft outline. This lesson is planned but not written yet. Aishwarya will write it; the notes below are the plan.

A clef is like a map legend: it tells you which notes the lines and spaces stand for.

What this lesson will cover

  • Why the stave needs a clef
  • The treble clef curls around the G line
  • The bass clef's two dots hug the F line
  • Which instruments read which clef

Micro activity

Treble or bass?: passing it (80% or more) unlocks the next lesson.