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Reading bass clef: a song sheet
The staff for low instruments, and a real melody to play.
Bass clef
Bass music uses the bass clef. It is for low notes. The staff looks the same as the treble staff, but the notes have different names.
The line notes, from the bottom up, are G, B, D, F, A. A saying to remember them: Good Boys Do Fine Always.
The space notes are A, C, E, G. All Cows Eat Grass.
Ode to Joy for bass
The melody by Beethoven, in the public domain. Notice that it jumps between two strings. Use the tab to see where each note is.
G|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| D|-2--2--3--5--|--5--3--2--0--|--------0--2--|--2--0--0--| A|-------------|--------------|--3--3--------|-----------| E|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|
Press play to hear it, or turn the tempo down and play along.