Bass clef, key by key
Turn a piano keyboard on its side and set it beside the bass staff. Each white key from F to B lines up in height with a note you can write in or next to the staff, no ledger lines needed.
Find any note on the keyboard
Low notes sit at the bottom, high notes at the top. Tap a key or a note to see its partner.
C3
Space 2 of the staff
Black keys are sharps and flats. They sit between white keys and have no note drawn here.
- Lines, bottom to top
- G B D F A
Good Boys Do Fine Always - Spaces, bottom to top
- A C E G
All Cows Eat Grass
C major, one note at a time
Played one after another, C, E and G form a short melody. Played together they make the C major chord. Press play to hear them in order and watch each key light up.
C, then E, then G