This free printable is a handy reference sheet to give out to students who are just learning to read musical notation from the staff.
What it contains:
- notes and their values, eighth through whole.
- rests and their values, eighth through whole.
- word mnemonics for figuring out the letter names of notes on the staff:
- Treble staff lines: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
- Treble staff spaces: FACE
- Bass staff lines: Great Big Dogs Fight Animals
- Bass staff spaces: All Cows Eat Grass
There are many different word mnemonics for remembering the lines and spaces on the staff. Which ones do you use?
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Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making! Here at Color In My Piano, she enjoys sharing and exchanging ideas and resources for piano teaching.
2 Comments
My boy students really like “Ernie Gives Bert Dead Frogs” for the Treble Line notes.
I’ve never heard of that fun sentence! I will definitely have to try it out with my little students. =)