The Musical Staff or Stave, Clef, Middle C and Ledger lines.

Today, I'll be discussing on the musical staff, Clef, Middle C and Ledger lines.
                   The Musical Staff (or Stave) 
The Musical Staff is the basic or foundation of music notations. The musical staff consists of 5 horizontal lines and four spaces. It is what the notes are represented on.

The musical staff is a diagram on which musical symbols such as notes, sign, rest, clefs, sharp and flat are placed. 

The Clef

 According to "Wikipedia" A clef (from French: clef "key") is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. Placed on one of the lines at the beginning of the stave, it indicates the name and pitch of the notes on that line. This line serves as a reference point by which the names of the notes on any other line or space of the stave may be determined. 

We use Clefs to tell us which notes correspond to which lines or spaces. The names of notes on a staff depend on which music clef is at the start of the staff. We have different types of Clefs but the most common clefs are the Treble Clef (also known as the G Clef) and the Bass Clef (or F Clef).

The Treble Clef (also known as G Clef): 

Where the G clef is placed on the second line of the stave, it is called the treble clef. This is the most common clef used today, and the only G clef still in use. The treble clef was historically used to mark a treble voice part.

From the Image above we can continue naming the staff either ascending or descending alphabetically since we know that it's treble clef which is G clef. Check image below for more insight. 

Note that in music the letter names starts from Letter A - G... 

For easy processing of the Line and Space Note of the Treble Clef, you can assign words to them to form a sentence. For example 

The Line Notes for the treble clef are: E G B D F

E - Every 

G - Good 

B - Boy

D - Deserves 

F - Favour

Therefore, the Line Note for the Treble clef in sentence is: 

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. 

The Space Note for the treble clef are: F A C E, which has already formed a word FACE. 

The Bass Clef (or F Clef): When the F clef is placed on the fourth line, it is called the bass clef. The Bass Clef has two dots, above and below the second line from the top. The dots tell us that this line is F.

From the Image above we can continue naming the staff either ascending or descending alphabetically since we know that it's treble clef which is G clef. Check image below for more understanding:

For easy processing of the Line and Space Note of the Bass Clef, you can assign words to them to form a sentence. For example 

The Line Notes for the bass clef are: G B D F A

G - Good 

B - Boy

D - Deserves 

F - Favour

A - Always 

Therefore, the Line Note for the Bass Clef in Sentence is:

Good Boy Deserves Favour Always. 

The Space Note for the bass clef are: A C E G

A - All

C - Cows 

E - Eat

G - Grass

Therefore, the Space Note for the Bass Clef in Sentence is:

 All Cows Eat Grass... 

                                   Middle C

Middle C is the note exactly between the bass and treble clefs, as in the image below. Middle C is located in a different spot for each clef, but it remains the exact same pitch.

Middle C is the first ledger line below the staff in the Treble clef. The image below shows where the middle C is located on the Treble clef

Middle C is the first ledger line above the staff in the Bass Clef. The image below shows where the middle C is located on the Bass clef

                                Ledger Lines

A ledger line is used in music to note pitches above or below the lines and spaces of the regular musical staff. It's a small line drawn in order to extend the staff or create more room for notes. 

Note that if we need more notes above or below the staff we add Ledger Lines, which extend the range of the staff. 

The images shown below are examples of Ledger lines

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