What do the treble staff notes spell?

Answer 1

There are two poems that make things easier to remember when reading the melody.

The line notes are, from the bottom to the top of the stave:

Top line: F= Fruit

Second from top: D=Deserves

Middle: B=boy

Second from bottom: G=Good

Bottom: E=Every

So you can see that, from bottom to top, they spell out Every Good boy Deserves Fruit.

The space notes are:

Top: E

Second from top:C

Second from bottom: A

Bottom: F

So you can see that, from the bottom to the top, they spell F.A.C.E. The poem to remember is Faces in the spaces.

The base cleff stave is a little bit different:

The line notes:

Top: A=America

Second from top: F=From

Middle: D=Dogs

Second from bottom: B=Big

Bottom: G=Great

So you can see that, from top to bottom, they spell Great Big Dogs From America.

The space notes:

Top: G=Grass

Second from top: E=Eat

Second from bottom: C=Cows

Bottom: A=All

So you can see that, from top to bottom, they spell All Cows Eat Grass.

If there are notes above the stave [and there commonly are] then they are 2 or four or 6 or eight notes above it. For example: there is a note 2 line after the last line at the top, then it means that it is 4 notes after the last note in the stave. That goes for both cleffs and both on top and underneath staves.