Ms. Garrett welcomed her music tech students to class. "Today we are going to study the notes in the bass clef. Fill-in-the-blanks with bass clef notes to complete the words in the story below." The LINES in the bass clef are G-B-D-F-A. The SPACES in the bass clef are A-C-E-G.

shley and Shaniec wanted to learn to write their own compositions usin the computer and a keyboar. They were so excited about it... ut they had to learn to rea the notes first. They wanted to make up a song with lots o drums and bass sounds. How are we oing to start? We can make the music soun lower by playing the low notes on the key oard. What are the note names? How will we remember them? Well, I know of way to remember the notes. Just remember the saying All Cows Eat Grass. Those are the our spaces, from the bottom of th staff to the top. Look t the first letter in each word .... A - C - E - G. The lines can e remembered by saying Good Boys Do Fine Always. Look at the irst letter in each word .... G - B - D - F - A. The fiv lines are counted from the bottom of the staff to the top. Now I know what the notes re!

After the girls finished their son, they played it on the keyboard. Then they sequenced a LOT of drums to ad to their song. When they played it back, they loved it so much that they danced aroun the room. The only problem with that was our music la was too small for dancing. They decided to record the music to a C and take it home. They danced to their omposition for the rest of the day. Music composition is a lot of fun!

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