Beginners’ piano course: Lesson 4 notes

1. The bass clef and stave

A
G
? E
C
F
D
B
A
G

The highest line of the stave is the A immediately below middle C on the piano keyboard.

Use the exercise below to help you learn the notes of the bass stave. Play each note with the
finger marked (remember, the left hand numbers fingers 1-5, from thumb out to little finger,
in a mirror image of the right hand) and name each note as you play it.

1
3 5 1 3 5 œ 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 5 2 3 1 3 1 3
œ œ œ œ œ
? 44 œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
2 1 2
1 3 1 3 2 4 5 4 3 œ œ œ œ 3 5 4 1 4 5 2 1 5 1 2 5
? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ

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 Scale of C major, right hand, one octave:

1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ

Scale of C major, left hand, one octave:

5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ