Lesson 2: Reading Music Notes on Treble Clef and Bass Clef Video Lecture | Piano Tutorials Course: Beginners to Advance - Class 6

hi and welcome out to the second lesson
in the do-it-yourself learn to play
piano course last time we talked about
reading notes on the staff and this time
we're going to I'm going to give you a
little bit more practice with what we
learned last time actually reading notes
on the treble clef and the bass clef and
then after that I'll introduce some
other introductory subjects before we
get playing on the piano such as finger
numbers with that said let's get started
okay so we're going to talk about finger
numbers now fit it's important to know
your finger numbers because often in
piano music the music will tell you to
play a certain note with a certain
finger so while this is a very simple
subject it is important to go over so we
have two hands and on each hand we have
five fingers now the important rule to
remember when counting finger numbers is
you always want to count from your thumb
to your pinky thumb no matter which hand
you're talking about is number one the
next finger is going to be two three
four and finger five and that's the same
with the left hand and the right hand
thumb to pinky same thing one two three
four five two remember that thumb is
always going to be number one pink is
going to be number five and you always
just count the fingers in between pretty
simple now there is a little bit of
confusion with this later on which I
will explain once we get playing on the
piano all right and that's the finger
numbers explanation okay so now that we
know our lines and spaces of the treble
clef and bass clef we're going to do a
little practice just on the treble clef
for now to make sure that you get the
idea in concepts so let's pull out our
first example here whenever you're
looking at a note you first want to ask
yourself one or two questions the first
one is am I on treble clef or bass clef
well I'd say that we are in treble clef
remember treble clef is that
fancy-looking G
and the second question you want to ask
yourself is are you on a line or a space
and looking at this one I would say that
we are on a line and specifically we're
on that first line so if you remember
your lines of the treble clef are e G B
D and F and always remember to count
from the bottom line to the top line and
I would say that this example over to
the right here this is the first line so
let's take a look over here again I
would say that this note our first line
here is an e so therefore when you see
this you know to play the note e all
right another example let's find one
here I think this one's a good one again
you want to ask yourself treble clef or
bass clef I would say treble clef and
are you on a line or a space for this
one if you said line then you are
correct and specifically this one is on
the second line up from the bottom so
you'll look over here with our paper and
our second one up from the bottom is
going to be G alright another example
here I think this one's a good one there
you go and this one treble clef or bass
clef
I'd say treble and this is is it on a
line or space if you said space you're
correct specifically it's on that first
space so we're actually going to be
looking down here at the spaces of the
treble clef this time and you're going
to look at the first one we have which
is going to be F all right another one I
think this one's a good one for the next
example
so treble clef or bass clef of course
treble clef that's what we're working on
right now and is this one on a line or a
space well I would say that we're on a
space and let's see one two we are on
that third space up from the bottom so
over here we're going to look at our
paper one two three
so that
note there is going to be AC alright a
couple more so let's try this one here
we have this one of course treble clef
and this one I would say is on a line
and it's one two three that fourth line
up from the bottom but looking over here
at our lines of the treble clef that
line is D so this note is going to be a
D alright last one here we go this one
treble clef space and it's going to be
that top space from the bottom which as
we know let's see f AC e so this note is
going to be an e alright so there you
have it a little bit of practice with
the treble clef and bass clef you can
feel free to pick up a pack of
flashcards like the ones I have off the
internet or Amazon anywhere you can find
them or I think there's a couple
websites online that can help you with
note reading that are really good
resources and I'll post links to those
if I find them alright so there you have
it the lines and spaces of the treble
clef okay so here we have the lines of
spaces of the bass clef again if you
remember the lines are G B D F and a and
the spaces are a c e g knowing that
we're going to practice a little bit
reading notes on the staff here is our
first example I'll throw up there it is
so like I said one of the first two
questions you want to ask yourself is
one what clef are you looking at well
this one since we're talking about bass
clef this is definitely the bass clef
symbol funny-looking comma with two dots
after it and if you remember what is the
second question you want to ask yourself
and if you said am i on a line or space
that would be correct
so here we are we are on a line I would
say and specifically we're on the first
line we look over here to our lines and
spaces so we're looking at lines so
we're on that first line so that note is
going to be a G let's try another one so
here we have it
bass clef and we're on a space and we're
on that first space so we're going to be
looking over here spaces of the bass
clef and that's our note there so that's
the first space so this note is in a
let's see here so think about it
treble clef or bass clef and then line
or space so if you say bass clef space
you would definitely be correct and this
one is on the second space from the
bottom remember you always want to count
from the bottom to the top and in this
case this second space is going to be AC
so therefore this note is C another one
here here we go alright so bass clef
line and we're on the third one up from
the bottom so we're going to be looking
here lines of the bass clef so this note
is going to be D feel free to pause the
video at any time if you need any more a
couple more minutes to think about each
of these examples and you can always
rewind through parts of the video as
well let's try this one here we go so
think about it for a second see if you
can figure it out so I would say this
one bass clef top space and so I know
that this note is going to be AG
okay last one here we go think about it
for a second alright so here we have
bass clef we are definitely on a line
we're on that top line and let me see
here there we go so that we're going to
be playing an a for this one so in
future videos once we get playing on the
piano which would be pretty soon here
I'll show you where on the keyboard that
these notes are actually played so there
you have it the lines and spaces of the
bass clef so there you have it lesson
two out of the way we talked about some
very simple things just as a review we
talked about finger numbers so take a
look back at parts of the video if you
know you need some brushing up on that
like I said very simple thing but very
important to understand so make sure you
review that and I gave you a little bit
more experience reading notes on the
treble and bass clef on the staff next
lesson we're going to talk about the
staff a little bit more I've a little
bit more information to divulge to you
as well as finally finding notes on the
piano so finally we're getting over to
the keyboard we'll do that more and more
every lesson and before you know it
pretty soon probably next to three
lessons will be actually playing
examples on the keyboard so I hope you
learned something if not if this stuff
is still too easy for you hang in there
like I said things will I wanted to
start from the very beginning and then
get more complicated for there so
everybody can can kind of join in and
get on board so like I said if you're
looking for something a little more
complicated just keep watching the
videos I promise we will get there so
like I said I hope you learned something
hope you had a good time and I'll see
you guys and girls next time thank you