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The same note in another clef

Music theory, Pitch and transposition, 10 minutes

Moving a note or a short melody from one clef to another, at the same pitch or an octave higher or lower.

Same pitch, different place

The same sound sits in a different place in each clef. Middle C is a ledger line below the treble stave, the middle line of the alto stave, the fourth line of the tenor stave and a ledger line above the bass stave.

So to move a note to another clef, never copy its place on the stave. Name the note first, with its octave, then find where that pitch sits in the new clef.

The G above middle C in the treble clef: the second line

The same G in the alto clef: the space above the middle line

The same G in the bass clef: the third ledger line above the stave

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