3 ‘Ultra Important’ Bass Clef Landmark Notes To Teach
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Did you know that clef signs create landmark notes?
The Bass Clef creates two landmark notes.
And in this post I will show you how you can introduce both landmark notes to your kids.
Remember to download the music theory worksheet I have made available especially for this post, so you can reinforce the concept of the Bass Clef landmark notes, which you will be teaching your kids.
What Is A ‘Landmark’?
A ‘landmark’ in music, is a ‘clue’ to help you identify a specific note name and placement.
Furthermore, a ‘landmark’ is created by a clef sign when the clef is written with technical precision.
Therefore it is very important for kids to learn to write the clefs correctly.
Not sure if your kids have learned to write the Bass Clef with technical precision?
No worries. Check out my post 5 ‘Easy Peasy’ Ways To introduce Kids To The Bass Clef.
Ready to get started?
So what are the two landmark notes created by the Treble Clef?
Fourth Line F
The first landmark note created by the Bass Clef is fourth line F or F3.
Why is this F considered as a landmark note?
It is because the dot that starts off the Bass Clef is written on the fourth line of the Bass Staff and that fourth line is the placement of F3 on the piano keyboard.
So there’s your first landmark note in the Bass Clef.
What’s the next one?
First Space A
A2 or the first space A in the Bass Staff is the second landmark note created by the Bass Clef.
Why is that?
It is because the Bass Clef ends by lightly touching the first space.
So the next time your kids are reading music notes and are trying to find their way, tell them to look for the dot on the Bass Clef and know that the note there is F3 (on the piano) and to look for the end of the clef and know that the note there is A2 (on the piano).
They can now count down or up and find the rest of the notes on the piano easily.
Bonus – F2 or Fearless F
Since we are learning landmark notes, I think it is best for you to teach your kids one additional note and that is F2.
This note is not a landmark note (in the real sense, because it is not created by the Bass Clef), yet, it is a note that your kids should learn at this point.
F2 or as it is lovingly known ‘Fearless F’ because it hangs from the Bass Staff, is the note.
So what do you think?
Easy enough?
Can you teach your kids these landmark notes in the Bass Clef?
Great.
Don’t forget to download and use the music theory worksheets I have included with this post.
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