Music Foundations Workshop: Reading Music

Class 1
-I will be introducing the students to the musical staff. We will discuss the history behind the staff. Student's will become familiar with the concept of lines and spaces. 
-Student's will learn about Middle C. Where it is on the piano and where it is on the staff. They will be introduced to the Treble and Bass Clef symbols while also learning that there are other clefs like the tenor and alto clef. 

Class 2
-This class will be focused on the Treble Clef. I will teach the students the acronyms I like to use when memorizing the musical alphabet. 
-Spaces spell FACE
-Lines say; Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
-Below the Treble Clef are Middle C and D

Class 3
-This class will be focused on the Bass Clef. I will teach the students the acronyms I like to use when memorizing the musical alphabet. 
-Spaces; All Cows Eat Grass
-Lines; Good Birds Don't Fly Away
-Above the Bass Cleff; B and Middle C

Class 4
-This class will be focused on the Grand Staff. Student's will learn how to recognize the Treble and Bass Clefs at the same time. 
-We will review the acronyms from the previous class. I will show how the letters of the musical alphabet line up with each other on the two Clefs.