Read Music Notes in Bass Clef (A B C D E F G) with Sound and Color

This is the page to learn to read music notes in Bass Clef (F Clef) with alphabetical notation (A B C D E F G). If you want to learn to read music in syllabic notation, follow Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si/Ti. If you want to learn to read the music notes in Treble Clef (G Clef), follow this link.

IMPORTANT. For each music note, you can choose between the old version – audio only – and the new videos – recommended – displaying the names of the notes as you read them.

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1 Music Note

There is no reading with 1 music note.

2 Music Notes

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2a – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ F _ _ _ _ _ _

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.

You can also read about the 5 lines and 4 spaces of the staff and how the F (Bass Clef) fixes the name of the music notes (A B C or Do Re Mi). These links and others are available inside the Main Menu, Music Theory (except understanding the staff and the treble clef, you don’t need to learn music theory to read music notes).

2b – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ 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

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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.

Use the 3 vertical dots to change the playback speed

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

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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.

Don’t forget : you can change the speed of the musical readings by using the three vertical dots on the audio player. It’s a good idea to read the musical reading at 1.5 and faster.

5 Music Notes

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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.