Reading Note Names (Advanced: String Orchestra)

Reading Note Names (Advanced: Violin and Viola)

Going beyond the familiar!

Let's review the basics:

Notes will fall on either lines or spaces. Which line or space they appear on tells us the name of the note.

Multiple Choice

Which note is D?

Multiple Choice

Which note is C sharp?

Multiple Choice

Which note is F natural?

What do you do when you see a note that you don't know?

Use your musical alphabet! Follow your letters backwards or forwards to figure out what the note is.

What do you do when a note isn't on the staff?

The lines above or below the note are called ledger lines. These lines act just like extensions of the staff lines and spaces! You can count them just like you would other notes.

Don't panic if you see a note you don't know!

Find a checkpoint

Find a line or space you already know. For example, we know that the space below the staff is D.

Using your musical alphabet...

Count the note names up or down until you find the note. We found this one is B!

Now you try! Use what you've learned to figure out these notes.

See if you can figure out what this note is!

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• A

• G

• B

• F

See if you can figure out what this note is!

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• F

• G

• A

• B

Can you figure out what this note is?

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• A

• B

• C

• D