| Learning how to read piano sheet music is like | | | | left hand reads from the bottom staff. |
| learning a new language. Each sign and symbol has | | | | At the beginning of the top staff you will see a |
| a unique meaning. Middle C is the most commonly | | | | treble clef. This stands for the "high" notes in |
| used note on the piano. Discover how it is written | | | | music. At the beginning of the bottom staff you |
| in piano sheet music. | | | | will see a bass clef. This stands for the "low" |
| First we are going to look at the piano. Notice | | | | notes in music. |
| that the black keys are grouped in 2 then 3, 2 | | | | Middle C lies exactly half way between the treble |
| then 3 all the way up the keyboard. C is the | | | | clef and bass clef range. It is literally "in the |
| white key to the left of any 2 black notes. Middle | | | | middle". |
| C is the 4th C up from the left hand side of the | | | | In the treble clef Middle C is written below the |
| piano. | | | | staff with a ledger line through the centre of it. In |
| As you play Middle C you will notice that it sounds | | | | the bass clef it is written above the staff with a |
| as though it is in the "middle" of all the notes - not | | | | ledger line through the centre of it. |
| too high, not too low. It can be sung by both the | | | | A ledger line (or leger line) is an extra line that is |
| male and female voice. | | | | used to place the notes above or below the staff. |
| Now, to the piano sheet music! Piano music is | | | | An easy way to remember this important note - |
| written on 2 staffs. A staff is a series of 5 parallel | | | | "Middle C has a ledger line line through its middle! |
| lines. The right hand reads from the top staff, the | | | | |