The Bass Staff
The Bass Clef
This symbol is called a bass clef. The bass clef is also placed at the beginning of a music staff for lower (bass) notes.
The Bass Staff
A staff with a bass clef written on it is called a bass staff.
The lines and spaces on the bass staff are named as follows:
Extra notes can be added by the use of short lines, called ledger lines, e.g.:
As with the treble staff, when the note head is below the middle staff line the stem points upward and when the head is above the middle line the stem points downward. A note placed on the middle line (D) can have its stem pointing either up or down.
Class Sessions
1- More About Harmony
2- Transposing
3- Keys and Key Signatures
4- Sixteenth Notes
5- Simple and Compound Time
6- Intervals
7- Chords
8- The Major Scale
9- Chord Inversions
10- Minor Keys And Scales
11- Tones and Semitones
12- Scale Tone Chords
13- Dynamics
14- Secondary Triads
15- Ledger Lines
16- INTRODUCTION
17- Musical Form
18- How to Read Music
19- Glossary of Musical Terms
20- The Bass Staff
21- Dotted Notes
22- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
23- Swing Rhythms
24- Minor Key Scale Tone Triads
25- Seventh Chord
26- Note Values
27- G Major Chord Inversions
28- Accidentals
29- Six Eight Time ( <span class="symbolA">)</span> )
30- Interval Qualities
31- Scale Tone Seventh Chords
32- Chord Construction – Triads
33- Syncopation
34- Learning Minor Scales in all keys
35- Chord Progressions
36- 12 Bar Blues
37- Approach to Practice
38- Primary Triads
39- Chord Functions
40- Chords in Other Minor Keys
41- The Key Cycle
42- The Notes on The Treble Staff
43- Notes on The Bass Staff
44- Bar Lines
45- The Three Four Time Signature
46- The Lead-in
47- Volume Changes
48- Sharps
49- The Octave
50- Harmonizing Melodies
51- Major Scales in All Keys
52- Enharmonic Notes
53- The Grand Staff
54- Time Signatures
55- The Two Four Time Signature
56- Transposing in Minor Keys
57- Voice Leading
58- Slurs
59- Harmony
60- Grouping Notes in Compound Time
61- Tempo Markings
62- Relative Keys
63- Interval Distances
64- Arpeggios
65- Scale Degrees
66- Double Sharps and Double Flats
67- The Chromatic Scale
68- Tempo Changes
69- Identifying Intervals By Ear
70- Rests
71- Harmonic Minor Scale Tone Chords
72- Chord Symbols
73- Grouping Eighth Notes
74- Practice Progressions
75- Flats
76- Melodies to Harmonize With Primary Triads
77- Twelve Eight Time ( <span class="symbolA">+</span> )
78- Rhythm Notation
79- Staccato
80- C Major Scale Over Four Octaves
81- Grouping Notes And Rests
82- Ties
83- Melodic Minor Scale Tone Chords
84- Major Scale Pattern
85- Major Key Triad Pattern
86- Melodies to Harmonize
87- Cadences
88- Scale Tone Chords in All Keys
89- The G Major Scale
90- Further Study
91- Common Progressions
92- The F Major Scale
93- Other Major Scales