| Learning how to read piano sheet music is like | | | | Here is an easy way to remember the Right |
| learning to read a foreign language. The more you | | | | Hand notes - |
| practice, the more familiar it becomes. Here are 3 | | | | The 5 lines of the staff are |
| tips on reading from 2 different staffs. | | | | E G B D F - "Every Great Band Deserves Fame" |
| Tip 1 - Piano sheet music is written on 2 staffs | | | | On a piano, this represents every other white |
| linked together by a bracket. A staff is a series | | | | key. |
| of 5 parallel lines onto which music is notated. | | | | Tip 3 - The lower staff, for the Left Hand, has a |
| The Right Hand reads from the Top Staff. | | | | bass clef at the beginning. This looks like a comma |
| The Left Hand reads from the Bottom Staff. | | | | with 2 dots. Its job is to fix the pitch of one |
| The bracket means read from both staffs | | | | specific note. The bass clef fixes the pitch of the |
| simultaneously. | | | | 4th line up. The 4th line up is the F directly below |
| This is what makes playing the piano harder than | | | | Middle C. |
| any other instrument, but also hugely enjoyable | | | | Here is an easy way to remember the Left Hand |
| because you can create harmony. | | | | notes - |
| Tip 2 - The upper staff, for the Right Hand, has a | | | | The 5 lines of the staff are |
| treble clef at the beginning. This looks like the | | | | G B D F A - "Great Band Deserves Fame |
| letter G. Its job is to fix the pitch of one specific | | | | Always" |
| note. The treble clef fixes the pitch of the 2nd line | | | | On a piano, this also represents every other white |
| up. The 2nd line up is the G directly above Middle | | | | key. |
| C. | | | | |