Treble and bass clef. Treble clef: what is it and why is it needed

Surely anyone who has made or wants to get a tattoo wants to know what it means. After all, any applied drawing on the body means something. The most common tattoo is the treble clef.

It is worn by both boys and girls. There is no definite meaning for such a pattern yet, because it has recently begun to appear. It is considered a modern tattoo (tattoo). Therefore, let's find out what such a symbol can mean at a given time.

Meaning for girls

Everyone can guess that a treble clef tattoo signifies a love of music.

Together with such a tattoo, notes or some kind of additions can be filled. Thus, it can be stuffed by people who are somehow connected with music or they just like it.

They can fill three types of tattoos, each of them has its own meaning.

• The key "salt" - means by itself that people who fill such a tattoo are associated with such instruments as piano, violins or any wind instruments;

v Treble clef“fa” - applied by those people who write or wrote parts for cellos, bassoon, double bass or for vocal bass parts before;

• The treble clef "to" also has its own meaning - its carrier shows that he wrote notes for trombones and violas.

The most beautiful girls look tattoos in the form of a treble clef, if they are applied on the neck, ankle, arm or waist. To emphasize their beauty and elegance of their body, girls can combine the treble clef with notes, birds, flowers. It gives the tattoo the new kind and shows that the person is happy.

Guys Meanings

Like girls, a tattoo has exactly the same meaning for guys - music, as a main occupation or as a hobby.

Men can apply such a tattoo wherever they want.

But most of all applied to the back or shoulder. To show love to someone separate species instrument, guys can strike the treble clef along with their favorite instrument.

If girls have the opportunity to apply such a tattoo with anything, then men prefer a more strict and masculine look of a treble clef. Mostly guys choose a classic black tattoo.

Also, the tattoo has another meaning. She bears under her what her owner led a stormy youth, the tattoo reminds of the past.

The meaning of the tattoo on the zone

In the zone, a tattoo under the guise of a treble clef carries a completely different meaning, both for women and for men. In the zone, it is extremely rare, but still happens. Such a tattoo is applied to a prisoner against his will or by those people who are sitting with him in the same cell.

Often, in men, it means that he has a weak will or was beaten in prison.

For a woman, it means that when she was sitting in the zone, she showed herself with weak side- she has weak character. Also, such a tattoo indicates that the person who is in prison is a homosexual.

Under this meaning, it could be seen in both men and women - she is of easy virtue. Such a tattoo is applied by a sexual partner. Therefore, a treble clef can bring a lot of trouble to its owner in the zone.

In addition, the treble clef was made in the zone for those people who stole, that is, they "walked along the music".

If you want to make a tattoo in the form of a treble clef, then you can safely implement your idea. Anyone who sees her will understand that her owner really likes music, and he respects her. And to give it a more beautiful and bewitching look, you can combine it with musical instruments- for men, and with flowers, notes, birds - for women.

Many parents in the home education of their children practice developmental music lessons. Children learn music in different ways: they listen to it, they perform it - they play or sing, and finally, they try to learn how to record music. And, of course, at the beginning of teaching the child the basics musical notation the case is not complete without studying the treble clef.

Today we will talk about how to draw a treble clef. It would seem that this is such a trifle, and why is it necessary to devote a separate article to this issue? Many adults will write such a sign without difficulty, but at the same time, some of them cannot explain at all how they do it. And children just need such explanations. And so we will now talk in detail about how you still need to write a treble clef, and you, Dear Parents future geniuses, then in an accessible form you will be able to convey these explanations to your child.

Secret of the treble clef

It's amazing how few people know about it. It is believed that the treble clef is a purely musical sign, but in fact the treble clef in its original historical form is a letter. Yes, this is the letter G of the Latin alphabet, which has changed beyond recognition over many centuries. However, an observant person with the naked eye may well detect the outlines of this letter in this musical-graphic symbol.

And what about the letter G? you say. The fact is that in music there is a system. So, according to this system, the letter G of the Latin alphabet corresponds to the sound SALT! And the second name of the treble clef is the SALT KEY. It is called so because the treble clef indicates the position of the note SALT of the first octave on the stave (looking ahead, let's say that this is the second line).

How to draw a treble clef?

The treble clef is located on a special musical line - a stave. The musical staff consists of five horizontal lines, which are recalculated from bottom to top, like floors in any building. The treble clef is tied to the second line, on which, as already mentioned, the note G should be placed. You must either start drawing the treble clef from a point on the second line, or, conversely, finish writing it on this line. Thus, there are two whole ways to depict a treble clef on paper in different ways. You can apply any of them. Let's take a closer look.

Method 1 - step by step

1. In the first way, we start drawing the treble clef from the second ruler - we put a dot on it or slightly cross it out with a stroke pointing upwards.
2. From the first point, draw a circle between the third and first rulers. It is important that your lines do not go beyond the boundaries of the specified rulers, otherwise the treble clef will turn out to be ugly. You should also avoid the other extreme - drawing a circle that is too small.
3. We do not close the drawn circle, but continue like a spiral further, but on the second turn we take the line up and slightly to the left. In this way, you need to rise a little above the fifth line.
4. Above the fifth line, a turn is made to the right. When moving in reverse side, that is, down, you should get a loop when crossing the lines. Similar loops in the letter are often found, for example, when we write in a notebook lowercase letter AT.
5. Then we go down in a straight or oblique line, as if piercing our treble clef in the middle. When we have already “pierced” the finished key and the line has gone down just below the first line, then you can wrap it up - it turns out a hook. You don’t need to wrap it tightly - just one bend in the shape of a small semicircle is enough (as when writing capital letters F, A, etc.).

IMPORTANT! You need to show the child several times, and each time the detail of the explanation should decrease. First everything is told, then only key points(CIRCLE, LOOP, HOOK). The last few impressions should be smooth, that is, all the individual elements should be connected in a single line, the pencil should slide over the paper without breaking away from it and without stopping.

MOMENT 1. If it is difficult for a child to repeat the graphic combination immediately on paper, then you can work with him in the following ways. First, you can draw giant treble clefs in the air. The child can repeat the movements that adults will show him. At first, you can even take his hand and smoothly draw the whole combination several times, when the baby remembers the movement, let him work on his own.

MOMENT 2. Secondly, one can apply another good way- drawing large treble clefs with chalk on the blackboard. An adult can write a treble clef and ask the child to circle the outline of the sign several times, you can use multi-colored crayons. The thickened treble clef can then be erased from the board, and the child can be given the task of drawing everything on their own.

Method 2 - the other way around

The second way of drawing is easier than the first, but the first is considered traditional, and this one is exotic. But usually, when drawing from a hook, the treble clef turns out to be more rounded, beautiful.

1. We start drawing the treble clef from the bottom, from the hook. We rise in a straight or slightly inclined line upwards, above the fifth line.
2. Above the fifth line, we begin to draw an ordinary figure eight (number eight), but we do not finish this business.
3. Our figure eight does not close, does not return to its original point, but in the right place it simply wraps around to the second line. Remember yes, that circle between the first and third ruler?

Thus, now we are finishing the image of the treble clef on the second line. Once again, we emphasize the exceptional importance of binding the key to the second line. At this place of the stave, the note SALT is written, which is a kind of reference point for all the others.

Drawing treble clefs is usually very exciting for children. For more strength and best quality you can practice writing this musical sign several times - on the board, in the album, in music notebook, as well as in musical prescriptions.

We offer you pages of G. Kalinina's musical recipes for homework, which are just dedicated to the treble and bass clefs. A student who has worked through this material, as a rule, never again experiences any difficulties when he needs to put the key at the beginning of the staff.

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Of course, in music, in addition to the treble clef, others are also used - bass,. But they are introduced into practice a little later, so there are no problems with writing them.

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) give more full list existing keys. Recall that the key indicates the location certain note on the stave. It is from this note that all other notes are counted.

Key groups

Despite the abundance of possible keys, they can all be divided into 3 groups:

There are also "neutral" keys. These are the keys for drum parts, as well as for guitar parts (the so-called tablature - see the article "Tablature" [read]).

So the keys are:

Keys "Before"	Picture	Explanation
Soprano or Treble clef		The same clef has two names: Soprano and Treble. Places the note "C" of the first octave on the bottom line of the stave.
		This clef places the C note of the first octave one line higher than the Soprano clef.
		Indicates the note "Do" of the first octave.
		Again indicates the location of the note "Do" of the first octave.
baritone clef		Positions the note "Do" of the first octave on the top line. See further in the keys of "F" Baritone clef.

More about Baritone Clef

The different designation of the Baritone clef does not change the location of the notes on the stave: the Baritone clef of the "F" group indicates the note "F" of the small octave (it is located on the middle line of the stave), and the Baritone clef of the "C" group - the note "C" of the first octave ( it is on the top line of the staff). Those. with both keys, the arrangement of notes remains unchanged. In the figure below we show the scale from the note “Do” of the small octave to the note “Do” of the first octave in both keys. The designation of the notes on the diagram corresponds to the accepted letter designation note(), i.e. "F" of the small octave is indicated as "f", and "Do" of the first octave is indicated as "c 1":

Figure 1. Baritone clef of the "F" group and the "Do" group

To consolidate the material, we suggest you play: the program will show the key, and you will determine its name.

The program is available in the section "Test: musical keys"

In this article, we have shown which keys exist. If you want to know detailed description for the purpose of the keys and how to use them, refer to the article "Keys" ().

The alto and tenor clefs are DO clefs, that is, clefs that point to the DO note of the first octave. Only these keys are tied to different rulers of the stave, so their musical system has different reference points. So, in the alto clef, the note DO is written on the third line, and in the tenor clef on the fourth.

Alto Key

The alto clef is used mainly for recording alto music, rarely used by cellists, and even more rarely by other instrumental musicians. Sometimes the alto parts can also be written in , if convenient.

AT early music the role of the alto clef was more important, since in everyday life there was more instruments for which notation in the alto clef was convenient. In addition, in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the alto key was also recorded vocal music subsequently abandoned this practice.

The range of sounds that are recorded in the alto key is the whole small and first octave, as well as some notes of the second octave.

Notes of the first and second octaves in the alto key

• The note DO of the first octave in the alto clef is written on the third line.
• Note PE of the first octave in the alto key is located between the third and fourth lines
• The note MI of the first octave in the alto key is placed on the fourth line.
• The note FA of the first octave in the alto key is “hidden” between the fourth and fifth lines.
• The note SOL of the first octave in the alto key occupies the fifth line of the staff.
• The note LA of the first octave of the alto clef is located above the fifth line, above the stave from above.
• The note SI of the first octave in the alto key should be looked for on the first additional line from above.
• The note DO of the second octave of the alto key is above the first additional one, above it.
• The PE note of the second octave, its address in the alto clef is the second auxiliary line from the top.
• Note MI of the second octave of the alto clef is written above the second additional line of the staff.
• The note FA of the second octave in the alto key occupies the third additional line of the staff from above.

Small octave notes in alto clef

If the notes of the first octave in the alto clef occupy the upper half of the staff (starting from the third line), then the notes of the small octave are written lower and occupy, respectively, the lower half.

• The note DO of the small octave in the alto clef is written under the first additional ruler.
• The note PE of the small octave in the alto clef is written on the first auxiliary line at the bottom.
• The MI note of the small octave of the alto clef is located under the staff, under its first main line.
• The note FA of a small octave in the alto key must be sought on the first main line of the staff.
• The note SA of the small octave in the alto clef is written in the interval between the first and second lines of the staff.
• The note LA of the small octave of the alto clef occupies, respectively, the second line of the staff.
• Note SI of a small octave, in the alto key its address is between the second and third lines of the stave.

tenor clef

The tenor clef differs from the alto clef only in its "reference point", since in it the note BEFORE the first octave is written not on the third line, but on the fourth. The tenor clef is used to fix music for instruments such as cello, bassoon, trombone. I must say that the parts of these same instruments are often written in, and the tenor clef is used occasionally.

In the tenor key, the notes of the small and first octave predominate, as well as in the alto, however, compared to the latter, in the tenor range high notes are much less common (in the viola - on the contrary).

Notes of the first octave in the tenor key

Small octave notes in tenor clef

Notes are recorded in alto and tenor clefs with a difference of exactly one line. As a rule, reading notes in new keys causes inconvenience only at first, then the musician quickly gets used to and adjusts to a new perception of the musical text with these keys.

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A note written on an empty stave in any place is not able to accurately indicate the pitch of the sound, and even more so its name. In order for a certain note, indicated on the staff, to show the absolute pitch, it is necessary to use a special symbol called a note clef. It must be indicated at the beginning of any staff, since literally all notes for classical guitar must be in the treble clef. Its other name is also often found - the salt key.

In the center, the treble clef is like a circle that spans a specific line on the stave. Thus, it shows on which line in the musical staff there is a note “salt” of the first octave. As a general rule, the center of the clef always spans the second line, thus indicating that the note G is on it.

A little lower in the figure you can see the range of all possible sounds that can be played on the guitar, which are in the treble clef.

And of course, in order to learn how to play works of any complexity on the guitar, this arrangement of notes will need to be learned by heart. The easiest way to do this is to start memorizing the location and name of the notes only on the five main and three lower additional lines (while remembering the octaves in which they are located).

With this step, it will be much easier for you to identify the notes that are between the lines later. This is done thanks to the usual account. For example, if you know that on the second main line there is a G note of the first octave, and on the next line there is a B note, then it is not difficult to guess that there will be an A note of the same octave between them, since the order of the scale is always constant. The notation of notes that are written above the fifth main line is best remembered on practical exercises, as compositions appear that will include such high sounds.

Bass clef

In addition to the treble clef, musical notation also uses the bass clef, or, as it is also called, the F clef. Ideally, of course, it would be nice to learn the location of the notes on the staff not only in the treble clef, but also in the bass clef, or, at worst, remember the location of at least one note in it in order to determine the position of other notes using the countdown. Usually, for convenience, such a note is used as a note “to” the first octave.

What is this bass clef for? The answer is simple - for the piano. The thing is that the notes for the piano and grand piano are written on two whole staves, located and running parallel to each other. Notes in the treble clef are indicated on the upper stave, and notes in the bass clef are indicated on the lower stave. This is because the piano can physically produce many more sounds at the same time than the guitar, and therefore, in order to avoid confusion, bass notes and melody notes were divided into two staves.

All this is good, you say, but why do we, guitarists, need to know all this? In principle, for those who learn to play just for fun or just to show off their skills in front of friends and acquaintances, there is no need to know the location of notes in the bass clef. But for those who want to constantly develop in musical direction and make the guitar an indispensable part of your life, such knowledge will undoubtedly come in handy.

Thanks to the ability to read notes written for the piano, you can always transpose them and remake them into notes suitable for playing the guitar. For guitarists who are going to play musical groups or orchestras, such knowledge is simply priceless, because in the musical notation of many other instruments the same bass clef is used. On the staff, it is written on the fourth main line.