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Music: 5 of 5

Reading sheet music: sheet music looks complicated but just like the notes on the piano, it follows a
pattern based on the first seven letters of the alphabet. Once we understand this, sheet music

becomes easier to read.

Sheet music looks like a row of five lines with dots placed on it. The dots are either directly on top of

the lines, or they are in the space in between the line.

One of the easiest ways to remember where the notes are is to use the rhymes shown below. The

first rhyme tells us the notes that are on the lines (E, G, B, D and F) and the second rhyme tells us
the notes that are in the spaces (FACE in the space).

Some people find it easier to learn just one note, and then using that to work out the rest by

following the alphabet:

If we remember that E is the bottom note on the stave, then we know that the space above it must

be F, because F follows E in the alphabet. The note above this must be G, because G follows F.