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The bass clef and the grand staff

Tell which hand plays a note, and read the five notes from middle C down to F.

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The left hand usually reads the bass clef. Its two dots sit either side of the fourth line from the bottom, and that line is F, the F below middle C. That's why it's also called the F clef.

Piano music joins two staves with a brace: the grand staff. The treble staff on top is usually for the right hand, the bass staff below for the left. Middle C sits between them, on a ledger line just below the treble staff or just above the bass staff: the same key, written for either hand.

From middle C, step down: B in the space above the bass staff, A on its top line, G in the space below, and F on the line between the dots. The lines from the bottom are G, B, D, F, A (Good Boys Do Fine Always) and the spaces A, C, E, G (All Cows Eat Grass).

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Middle C written for either hand, then the left hand's notes down to F, on the line between the clef's dots.

Try it

First, which hand plays the note? Then play it, or tap its letter.

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