- Hi, and welcome out to the second lesson

in the Do It Yourself Learn to Play Piano course.

Last time we talked about reading notes on the staff,

and this time we're going to

give you a little more practice

with what we learned last time.

Actually reading notes on the treble clef

and the bass clef.

Then after that I'll introduce

some other introductory subjects

before we get playing on the piano,

such as finger numbers.

With that said, let's get started.

Okay, so we're going to talk about finger numbers.

It's important to know your finger numbers,

because often in piano music

the music will tell you to play a certain note

with a certain finger.

So while this is a very simple subject,

it is important to go over.

So we have two hands,

and on each hand we have five fingers.

Now the important rule to remember

when counting finger numbers

is you always want to count from your thumb

to your pinkie.

Thumb no matter which hand you are talking about

is number one.

The next finger is going to be two,

three, four, and finger five.

That's the same with the left hand

and the right hand, thumb to pinkie.

Same thing.

One, two, three, four, five.

So remember thumbs are always going to be number one.

Pinkie's going to be number five,

and you always just count the fingers in between

pretty simple.

Now there is a little bit of confusion with this later on,

which I will explain once we get playing on the piano.

All right, and that's the finger numbers explanation.

Okay, so now that we know our lines and spaces

of the treble clef and bass clef,

we're going to do a little practice

just on the treble clef for now,

to make sure you get the idea and concepts.

So let's pull out our first example here.

Whenever you are looking at a note

you first want to ask yourself one of two questions.

The first one is, "Am I on treble clef or bass clef?"

Well I'd say we are on treble clef.

Remember treble clef is that fancy looking G.

And the second question you want to ask yourself is,

"Are you on a line or a space?"

Looking at this one, I would say

that we are on a line,

and specifically we're on that first line.

So, if you remember your lines of the treble clef,

are E, G, B, D, and F.

Always remember to count from the bottom line

to the top line.

I would say that this example over to the right here,

this is the first line,

so let's take a look over here again.

I would say that this note,

our first line here is an E.

So therefore when you see this

you know to play the note E.

All right, another example,

let's find one here.

I think this one's a good one.

Again, you want to ask yourself,

"Treble clef or bass clef?"

I would say treble clef.

And are you on a line or space for this one?

If you said line, then you are correct,

and specifically this one is on the

second line up from the bottom.

So you'll look over here with our paper,

and our second one up from the bottom

is going to be G.

All right, another example here.

I think this one is a good one.

Here you go, and this one

treble clef or bass clef?

It's say treble.

And this, is it on a line or a space?

If you said space you're correct.

Specifically, it's on that first space.

So we're actually going to be looking down here

at the spaces of the treble clef this time.

And you're going to look at the first one that we have

which is going to be F.

All right, another one.

I think this one's a good one for the next example.

So treble clef or base clef?

Of course, treble clef.

That's what we're working on right now.

And is this one on a line or a space?

I would say we're on a space,

and lets see, one, two,

we are on that third space up from the bottom.

So over here we're going to look at our paper.

One, two, three.

So that note there is going to be a C.

All right, a couple more.

So let' try this one.

Here we have this one.

Of course, treble clef.

This one I would say is on a line.

It's one, two, three,

that fourth line up from the bottom.

We're looking over here at our line on the treble clef.

That line is D,

so this note is going to be a D.

All right, last one.

Here we go, this one treble clef.

Space,

and it's going to be that top space from the bottom,

which as we know,

let's see, F, A, C, E.

So this note is going to be a E.

All right so there you have it,

a little bit of practice with

the treble clef and bass clef.

You can feel free to pick up a pack of flash cards

like the ones I have

off the internet or Amazon

anywhere you can find them.

Or I think there's a couple websites

online that can help you with note reading

that are really good resources.

I'll post links to those if I find them.

All right, so there you have it.

The lines and spaces of the treble clef.

Okay, so here we have the lines and spaces

of the bass clef again.

If you remember the lines are

G, B, D, F, and A.

And the spaces are A, C, E, G.

Knowing that we're going to practice

a little bit reading notes on the staff.

Here is our first example throw up.

There it is.

So like I said,

one of the first two questions

you want to ask yourself is one,

"What clef are you looking at?"

Well this one, since we're talking about bass clef.

This is definitely the bass clef symbol.

Funny looking comma with two dots after it.

If you remember what is the second question

you want to ask yourself.

And if you said, "Am I on a line or a space?",

that would be correct.

So here we are, we are on a line I would say.

Specifically we are on the first line.

We look over here to our lines and spaces.

So we're looking at lines.

So we're on that first line,

so that note is going to be a G.

Let's try another one.

So here we have it.

Bass clef,

and we're on a space.

We're on that first space.

So we're going to be looking over here,

spaces of the bass clef.

And oh, that's our note there.

So that's the first space,

so this note is an A.

Let's see here,

so think about it.

Treble clef or bass clef?

And then line or space?

So if you said bass clef, space,

you would definitely be correct.

And this on is on the second space

from the bottom.

Remember you always want to count from the bottom

to the top.

In this case the second space is going to be a C.

So therefore this note is C.

Another one here.

Here we go.

All right, so bass clef, line,

and we're on the third one up from the bottom.

So we're going to be looking here,

lines of the bass clef.

So this note is going to be D.

Feel free to pause the video at any time

if you need anymore,

couple more minutes to think about

each of these examples.

You can always rewind through parts of the video as well.

Let's try this one.

Here we go.

So think about it

for a second.

See if you can figure it out.

So I would say this one, bass clef.

Top space,

and so I know that this note is going to be a G.

Okay, last one.

Here we go.

Think about it for a second.

All right, so we have bass clef.

We are definitely on a line.

We're on that top line,

and let me see here.

There we go,

so we're going to be playing an A for this one.

So in future videos, once we get playing on the piano,

which should be pretty soon here.

I'll show you where on the keyboard

that these notes are actually played.

So there you have it,

the lines and spaces of the bass clef.

So there you have it,

lesson two out of the way.

We talked about some very simple things.

Just as a review.

We talked about finger numbers.

So take a look back at parts of the video

if you know you need some brushing up on that.

Like I said, very simple thing,

but very important to understand.

So make sure you review that,

and I gave you a little bit more

experience reading notes on the treble and bass clef,

on the staff.

Next lesson, we're going to talk about the staff

a little bit more.

I have a little bit more information

to divulge to you,

as well as finally finding notes on the piano.

So finally we're getting over to the keyboard.

We'll do that more and more every lesson,

and before you know it,

pretty soon probably next two to three lessons

we'll actually be playing examples on the keyboard.

So I hope you learned something.

If not, if this stuff is still too easy for you,

hang in there.

Like I said, things will,

I wanted to start from the very beginning,

and then get more complicated from there.

So everybody and kind of join in

and get on board.

Like I said, if you're looking for something

a little more complicated

just keep watching the videos.

I promise we will get there.

So like I said, I hope you learned something.

Hope you had a good time,

and I'll see you guys and girls next time.

Thank you.