The Music Staff and The Treble Clef 

Before we can start to learn how to play the guitar, we must first learn how to read and understand the musical examples found in the following exercises and lessons. Music notation may seem tricky at first, but with patience and perseverance, you will discover that it is much easier than you originally thought. 

Standard Notation 

Standard Notation uses a group of five lines called a Staff to notate the movement of pitch (unlike tablature which only shows the fretboard location) of the music. The staff is divided into measures, which contain a set grouping of notes determined by the Time Signature. Each measure is separated by a barline.  

Treble Clef 

The Treble Clef tells us which note each line and space on the staff represents. Notice the Treble Clef looks like the letter G. This is because the 2nd line where the clef curls around and ends indicates that the second line represents the note G.