The dots are also great for memorizing where the different notes on the bass are found in the first place.įurthermore, there are some frets that I find to be more important than others. Not only are they helpful for noticing whether you are playing at the 9th or the 10th fret if you lose track. The dots on the fretboard are an amazing tool for knowing what note you are currently playing on your bass. Thus, we get what is called the octave of the note: This happens when the 12-note pattern starts repeating itself at a higher or lower frequency. Lastly, you might have noticed that some of the notes are the same, but that they sound different. In other words, the note on the 12th fret is always the same as the open string, and the 13th fret is the same as the first fret. Personally, I find it easier to call them sharps.Īlso, note that the pattern of the notes always starts repeating at the 12th fret. However, they sound exactly the same, and it is fine to call a note either name when learning the fretboard. There are some slight differences in how the two names differ in a harmonic context. For example, A# (A Sharp) and Bb (B Flat) are in fact the same note. Thus, if you remember these 12, you effectively know every note:Īs you see, some of the notes on a bass have two names. On the flip side, there are only 12 different notes on the bass guitar. If we count the 4 open strings as well, it has exactly 100 notes. Please tell us what you think of this lesson (for example what did you think of the trick to remember the bass clef notes?) by leaving a comment below.A 4-string bass with 24 frets, has exactly 96 frets. Place the note on the bass clef on the piano keyboard (only white keys) Recommended exercises for bass clef notes: The exercise that is accesible via the link below is ideal for this purpose.
#Bass clef notes how to
Now that you learned how to read notes on the bass clef, be sure to practice this regularly. In sheet music for piano, you find the treble clef (generally for the right hand) and the bass clef (generally for the left hand) displayed together as in the figure above.
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Remember that the middle C is also on the first ledger line under the treble clef staff. The middle C is on the first ledger line above the bass clef staff.
Well, this is an important one to remember: it’s the middle C! When you don’t remember how they work, have a look at the treble clef lesson.Ĭan you see which note is displayed here? Ledger linesĪs with the treble clef, we can add ledger lines to the staff. The other notes are then easy to find from those 4 notes. With this trick, it’s easy to remember the bass notes in between the lines of the staff. But, the letters of those bass notes form the first letters of the sentence “ ALL COWS EAT GRASS”.
When I display only the notes in between the lines of the staff, we get:Īt first sight, those notes A, C, E and G don’t make up a nice word as was the case with the FACE-notes in the treble key. The highest note, the A on the upper line of the staff, is the A just under the middle C, so a minor 3rd under the middle C.Īs I promised you, there’s also a trick to easily remember all bass clef notes. On the next staff, you can see all bass clef notes on and in between the 5 lines of the staff: To indicate that the staff we’re reading is in bass clef, we use the next bass clef symbol at the beginning of the staff: And sometimes, but not often, notes on the bass clef are played with the right hand. You can display notes on a bass clef that are higher than middle C. So this is for the left hand on the piano. The bass clef is mainly for notes from middle C and lower. Keep reading to find out how to find all bass clef notes. To easily find all bass clef notes, we also have a little trick. When you’ve seen my lesson about treble clef notes, you know how to find all the notes on the staff with a treble clef, especially if you remember the trick how to memorize them (the FACE-notes).
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