Notes on the Staff: The Skips Alphabet

Skips Alphabet

Piano Safari Lev1 R&T p80

Do you want an easy way to remember the staff lines & spaces?

• Start with the music alphabet.......

Do you want an easy way to remember the staff lines & spaces?

Start with the music alphabet.......

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E

Write the music alphabet....and repeat it...

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E

Then.... start at the letter F.... SKIP every other letter.....

F - A - C - E - G - B - D

What you are left with...

F - A - C - E - G - B - D

This is known as the

"Skips Alphabet"

F A C E ---- G - B - D

Say it out loud - 5 times

LOOK AT THE SPACE NOTES.....

Start from the bottom....

G - B - D ---- F A C E

Now say it backwards.... 5 times

NOW.... CHECK OUT THE LINE NOTES

Remember, we always start from the bottom....

Can you name the missing notes in each column?

Remember to start from the bottom and go up...

Poll

Do you think the SKIPS alphabet make it easier to remember the names of the line notes?

• YES

• NO

• KIND OF