Printable chart
Treble clef notes
Every note name on the treble clef staff — lines, spaces and ledger lines — with a printable chart and the mnemonics teachers use to remember them.
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The five lines
EGBDF
Bottom to top. Common mnemonic: Every Good Boy Does Fine
The four spaces
FACE
Bottom to top. Common mnemonic: FACE
Every note, with its place on the staff
Octave numbers use scientific pitch notation, where middle C is C4.
| Note | Where it sits |
|---|---|
| C4 | First ledger line below the staff — middle C |
| D4 | Space below the bottom line |
| E4 | Bottom line (line 1) |
| F4 | Space 1 |
| G4 | Line 2 — the line the clef’s curl wraps around |
| A4 | Space 2 |
| B4 | Line 3 (middle line) |
| C5 | Space 3 |
| D5 | Line 4 |
| E5 | Space 4 |
| F5 | Top line (line 5) |
| G5 | Space above the top line |
| A5 | First ledger line above the staff |
What the treble clef is#
The treble clef is the G clef. The curl of the symbol wraps around the second line from the bottom, which marks that line as the G above middle C (G4). Everything else on the staff is counted from there.
It is the clef for higher pitches: the right hand of piano music, and parts for violin, flute, oboe, clarinet and trumpet. Guitar music is also written in treble clef, but sounds an octave lower than written.
Reading tips#
- Learn the lines and spaces as two short sets (E G B D F and F A C E) rather than all thirteen names at once.
- Anchor yourself on G4, the line the clef curls around, then count up or down from it.
- Middle C sits on a ledger line below the staff. Ledger lines extend the staff in the same pattern: skip a letter for each line or space.
Sources: Wikipedia: Clef, Wikipedia: Staff, Wikipedia: Scientific pitch notation.