How to Read the Bass Clef Tutorial
Many music lesson students do not know how to read the bass clef confidently, and there are a few reasons why. First, the bass clef is not used in most instruments! The piano is one of the only instruments that read the bass and trebel staff at the same time. Secondly, the bass clef is used for the left hand and is often viewed as more difficult because most people are right handed. Thirdly, it is less practiced than the trebel staff because the sound of the trebel staff sounds low. Most people prefer high sounds to low sounds. Our piano lessons at your home teachers make sure to train you on music reading so that you can play better and challenge your brain, too! We consider music to be like a language and if you are not able to read it, you are very limited.
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How to read the bass clef when you are new to piano lessons
It’s always hard beginning to read a new language, and music is a language. When you are starting to read, it can be useful to say the following sentence, Great, Big, Ducks, Fly, Away (for the staff LINES) and All Cows Eat Grass (for the staff spaces).
Watch the video below for a guide as you practice!
How to read the bass clef quicker
At Feely Piano we encourage students to practice playing piano while reading the music notes at the same time. While this is very difficult, it forces the student to learn many things at once. First, the piano lesson student sound (when they press the key) that relates to the music they are reading. This helps establish listening skills. Secondly, it allows the students to practice moving and reading at the same time which is hard! Thirdly, it causes the students to focus because it is a demanding task.
By forcing students to sight read (what we call the above activity), students learn to read quicker. Over time they practice reacting to the notes they read. If you just read notes off a lined piece of paper and do not practice playing a key at the same time, you may allow yourself more time to read the note.
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