Music Pitch Notations

4 Musical Clefs

The G Clef (Treble Clef)

The G Clef is so called because it establishes the pitch of G above middle C on the staff. Whatever line the G clef is curled around is G above middle C.The G Clef in use today curls around the 2nd line of the staff, showing the pitch G to be the note on the second line. We also know this as the Treble Clef 

The F Clef (Bass Clef)

The F Clef is so called because it establishes the pitch of F below middle C on the stave. Whatever line the two dots of the F clef are either side of is F below middle C.The F Clef in regular use today has the dots either side of the 4th line of the staff, showing the pitch F to be the note on the fourth line. We also know this as the Bass Clef. 

The C Music Clef (Alto Clef and Tenor Clef)

The C Clef is so called because the the C clef establishes pitch of middle C on the line bisecting the clef. The two C Clefs in use today are the Alto Clef and the Tenor Clef. 

Percussion clefs

The percussion clefs show different instruments on different lines of the stave. These may be different unpitched percusion instruments, or different drums in drum kit. The unpitched percusion clefs look like those below.