Lines and Spaces

Lines and Spaces

Sight-Singing Lesson #1

Understanding Lines and Spaces is critical to become a good sight-singer!

Solfege Scale

Our scale going up STEP-WISE will go from line to space to line to space, or space to line to space to line depending on what DO starts on!

For example, DO here is a LINE, RE is a SPACE, MI is a LINE and so on.

Multiple Choice

How many LINES do we have in our Musical Staff?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

How many SPACES do we have in our Musical Staff?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

We always go from the bottom to the top of our staff!

It's easy to recognize a space note from a line note!

The line notes - the line is cutting through the note.

The space notes - sits in between the lines.

Ledger Lines

Ledger Lines are an extension of the staff for individual notes.

Let's see what you know...

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Multiple Choice

• Line

• Space

Knowing Lines and Spaces helps us recognize our notes and order them as we sing. Next stop: Intervals!