The 2a music reading below is the first music reading (there is no 1a music reading). There are only 2 different music notes on the staff, the C in color and the F in black (“2” means 2 different notes, “a” means the new music note to learn – here the C – is in color).
Musical reading 2a in Bass Clef with the music notes C F, the C is in color.
Play the audio file and say or sing – sing is better – the name of each note – C or F – while you hear it.
If you don’t know anything about the 5 lines of the staff (or stave) and the treble clef on the second line of the staff, the image below could help you:
The Bass Clef (F clef) is placed on the fourth line of the staff. So, the music note on the fourth line is a F.
The 2b music reading below use the same 2 notes C and F that the previous 2a music reading but the C is now in black (so you must read music notes without the help of color).
Musical reading 2b in Bass Clef with the music notes C F, the C is in black.
You can also play with Read Music Notes HN: it’s free and uses the same new notes, with and without color. You can choose between A B C and Do Re Mi, Treble Clef and Bass Clef and even use a keyboard to play.
3 Music Notes
3a – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ E F _ _ _ _ _ _
The 3a music reading below use the 2 black notes C and F learnt in the previous 2b music reading and add the new color note E.
Musical reading 3a in Bass Clef with the music notes C E F, the E is in color.
You must read the notes easily and without any hesitation before proceeding to the next reading.
3b – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ E F _ _ _ _ _ _
The 3b music reading use the same 3 notes C, E and F that the previous 3a music reading but the E note is now in black so you must recognize it without the help of color.
Musical reading 3b in Bass Clef with the music notes C E F, the E is in black.
Frequency is the most important thing to learn to read music quickly: to read 5 or 10 minutes every day or twice a day is the good way to learn, to read one hour one day and wait many days before to read again, the bad way.
4 Music Notes
4a – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ E F G _ _ _ _ _
The 4a music reading below use the 3 black notes C, E, and F learnt in the previous 3b music reading and add the G color note.
Musical reading 4a in Bass Clef with the music notes C E F G, the G is in color.
4b – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ E F G _ _ _ _ _
The 4b music reading use the same 4 notes C, E, F and G that the previous 4a music reading but the G is now in black. Again, you must be able to read it very easily without any hesitation before to learn a new music note.
Musical reading 4b in Bass Clef with the music notes C E F G, the G is in black.
5 Music Notes
5a – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C D E F G _ _ _ _ _
The 5a music reading use the 4 black notes C, E, F and G learnt in the previous 4b music reading and add the new D color note.
You should now have understood how to learn to read music in Bass Clef with the -a- and -b- musical readings and the music notes in color. If it’s still unclear for you or if you want to learn to read music in a different way just follow this link.
Musical reading 5a in Bass Clef with the music notes C D E F G, the D is in color.
5b – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C D E F G _ _ _ _ _
Musical reading 5b in Bass Clef with the music notes C D E F G, the D is in black.
Ideally, when you’re telling the name of a note, you should already being looking and reading the following one.
6 Music Notes
6a – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C D E F G A _ _ _ _
Musical reading 6a in Bass Clef with the music notes C D E F G A, the A is in color.
6b – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C D E F G A _ _ _ _ _
Musical reading 6b in Bass Clef with the music notes C D E F G A, the A is in black.
7 Music Notes
7a – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A _ _ _ _
Musical reading 7a in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A, the B is in color.
7b – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A _ _ _ _
Musical reading 7b in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A, the B is in black.
8 Music Notes
8a – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A _ C _ _
Musical reading 8a in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A C, the C is in color.
8b – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A _ C _ _
Musical reading 8b in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A C, the C is in black.
9 Music Notes
9a – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A B C _ _
Musical reading 9a in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A B C, the B is in color.
9b – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A B C _ _
Musical reading 9b in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A B C, the B is in black.
10 Music Notes
10a – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 10a in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A B C D, the D is in color.
10b – _ _ _ _ _ _ B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 10b in Bass Clef with the music notes B C D E F G A B C D, the D is in black.
11 Music Notes
11a – _ _ _ _ _ A B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 11a in Bass Clef with the music notes A B C D E F G A B C D, the A is in color.
11b – _ _ _ _ _ A B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 11b in Bass Clef with the music notes A B C D E F G A B C D, the A is in black.
12 Music Notes
12a – _ _ _ _ G A B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 12a in Bass Clef with the music notes G A B C D E F G A B C D, the G is in color.
12b – _ _ _ _ G A B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 12b in Bass Clef with the music notes G A B C D E F G A B C D, the G is in black.
13 Music Notes
13a – _ _ _ F G A B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 13a in Bass Clef with the music notes F G A B C D E F G A B C D, the F is in color.
13b – _ _ _ F G A B C D E F G A B C D _
Musical reading 13b in Bass Clef with the music notes F G A B C D E F G A B C D, the F is in black.
14 Music Notes
14a – _ _ _ F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 14a in Bass Clef with the music notes F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the E is in color.
14b – _ _ _ F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 14b in Bass Clef with the music notes F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the E is in black.
15 Music Notes
15a – _ _ E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 15a in Bass Clef with the music notes E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the E is in color.
15b – _ _ E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 15b in Bass Clef with the music notes E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the E is in black.
16 Music Notes
16a – _ D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 16a in Bass Clef with the music notes D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the D is in color.
16b – _ D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 16b in Bass Clef with the music notes D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the D is in black.
17 Music Notes
17a – C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 17a in Bass Clef with the music notes C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the C is in color.
17b – C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E
Musical reading 17b in Bass Clef with the music notes C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E, the C is in black.