Music Notation Made Easy

I recently found this

visual of the grand staff on wikihow.com which is great for quickly showing kids how the Treble Clef

and Bass Clefs are related.

After looking at the picture the phrase “Ace In The

Hole” came to my mind as a way to help kids connect the two staffs.

I often find that students have a hard time learning to look at both clefs at the same time.

They also tend to forget

the name of the note on the top line of the Bass Clef. “The Ace In The Hole” phrase can also

reenforce the concept of middle C being in the middle of the two staffs, which seems to

also be a surprisingly difficult concept for students to grasp.

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