Easily Learn & Memorize the Bass Clef | Beginner Music Theory for Bass 

As a flute player of 3 years treble cleff is second nature to me. What I noticed that helps me is that bass cleff notes are a space lower than treble notes. If you look at C on bass cleff, move it to the next open space up. Same with G on the line at the bottom, move it up to the next line and boom, you have treble G :D just wanted to share this trick, enjoy!

I played the flute for about 6 years now and I’ve decided to pick the trombone and yeah. My little flute brain keeps getting mixed up but this video helped tremendously. Shoutout to those who can read both!

2:23 "We're almost done" proceeds to talk for ten more minutes but srsly, good video

Been regaining my knowledge of piano as took a hiatus since childhood. Also played the flute and took voice lessons. Treble clef I know the best. For the longest time, I've struggled with bass clef. Thought this method was an 'only me' thing. I am so glad I automatically think this way too and its the only way my brain can remember bass clef! Thanks for the refresher!

Wow. I took lessons when very young but did not get very far. This simple video showing how to memorize the bass clef is absolutely simple but outstanding. Thank you very much. You don't know how useful this information is.

I just want to thank you so much for making this video. I'm an electric bass player who impulsively offered to become the bassist for my school band next year. I knew about basic music theory with Treble Clef and knew what Bass Clef was but didn't know how it worked. This video really helped me learn the ins and outs of the Bass Clef.

This is masterpiece for beginners to memories all these notes, I mean, watched only ones and it stick to my mind

Good info and another way to learn the bass clef. One suggestion would be to take the anger out of your voice . I've been a music teacher/ pro musician for 42 years and to keep my students coming to class and allowing them to move forward this has been proven to work better .

OMG … thank YOU! I could barely memorize the silly frases and i always wondered how i would memorize the notes! This technic isjust LOGICAL! Super grateful to uou🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thanks so much, I started teaching myself guitar in March. So I decided why not learn music theory as well. I have books , but this video gave me what the books left out.

Wow. You just made my life so much easier. I’m 32 and trying to get back into playing the piano. Bass clef was always harder for me to remember. Not now! Thanks!!!

Thank you!! My 10 year old just started cello and bass clef has been a bit troublesome! I needed a new way to explain it to him.

This really clicks with my brain and straight away with the G and A to I thought Ground and Above which ingrained those two lines immediately. So along with the F I knew, before the video even finished, that I would never not be able to instantly recognise those 3 lines. A bit of practice with the rest and I feel confident I’ll soon have bass clef sorted. Thanks so much for this video. Why hasn’t it always been taught this way. Much love. 💕

I love your strategy for memorizing the bass clef! It's much simpler than mnemonic devices. Thank you for sharing!

Dude, you nailed it. I've just started singing in the choir at church and was trying all of those other methods, but you're right, you end up spending all of your time, which is short in the moment, to remember the little saying. Excellent stuff.

Awesome tool to use. I am a beginner piano student and I also find the bass clef to be more challenging than the treble clef! Really slows me down to try and think of the mnemonic. i can't wait to put this to practice today! Thank you!

I’ve been reading treble for 4 years so when I got put on synth in marching band I had to learn bass. This video helped so much! Thank you!!!!

Superb video. I found it very hard when my music teacher taught me this but after seeing this video I have understood it

I am switching from violin to cello I need this video. Thank you for making this video!

Huh, I think I unconsciously did this for years. Grew up on the treble clef, then picked up a bass. haven't played much of either in a while, but it's the bass clef that leaves my memory first. Thanks for the refresher!

Excellent presentation. Finally, someone who recognizes it's more important to learn the notation rather than having to translate each note from an association with a childhood saying. Thank you.

I went from trumpet to baritone 6/7 years ago. I played trumpet for 4 years before that and never learned bass clef. I'm starting to learn it now for college marching band and for DCI auditions this fall!

I had problems memorizing the Bass clef but now I got a better understanding. Thank you!

Your GCFA tip is "spot" on. I am a Treble Clef Trumpet player who has struggled with this. Introducing Good Boys do Fine Always - and All Cows Eat Great - just make you start reciting at "Good" or "All" Your system is much better.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You broke the code for me as to how to read the bass clef My GOD, I've struggled for years. Now I have to get better at reading ledger lines.

This is such a great way to break it down. I was having trouble but you made it so easy. I thought that I was alone in thinking that learning those phrases was a bit much.

Thanks, I play by ear and having a hard time learning how to read music. This helps.

Love this approach, super helpful thank you!!

Wow thank you for rescuing me from the pneumonics like Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart. You are brilliant!!

Thanks for the tips, started on alto clef (viola), one note (and octave) lower than bass

Thank you very much for your teaching on the bass clef which is not easy to grasp.

Thank you for this video sir! My little cousin is playing the trombone this year, and I want to be his private lesson teacher, but I don't know bass chelf, because I'm a trumpet player.

This is the best. I have struggled for years. This nails it. Well done,

I can't wait to try this out .I play the harp and I drive my teacher crazy because I cannot comprehend the bass clef and I'm always stopping because I have to try and figure out what notes they are . This is a Very good way I appreciate it

THIS is so helpful! I am sort of a novice but learning more based on previous foundation and lessons here and there. (and recalling from school days of flute, french horn, mellophone and alto clarinet...I guess I'm just a dabbler. I never mastered any of those) I was always taught that All Cows Eat Grass and All Good Boys Do Fine or whatever but I now realize that it has held me up JUST LIKE YOU SAID. I would have to say those phrases in my mind while "counting" the lines & spaces. I feel free from that mind cluster with your lesson here. THANK YOU! (And also, chuckled at the Dave Mathews nod. That song popped in my head right away.)

Thanks for such an awesome video! I'm a bass player in my mid twenties and was embarrassed I couldn't remember bass cleff.

Hey. Good stuff. These special notes help to remember how to read the notes. Building on top of your idea: The whole thing looks like a fence (F). Down the fence is the ground (G) and one can sit on the fence looking above (A). There is also a hole in it though which one can see (C).

This helped me so much with transferring from Alto to Cello. Thank you!!

This is gold!

The F-clef is another term for the bass staff. It's called F-clef because the two little dots surround the F note.

Finally!!! I NEVER want to hear a phrase like "A Chocolate Catchers Mitt" again... For new piano players this is what I've learned. You are probably best served if you take some advice from multiple sources. Tip # 1 focus on improvising before ever trying to learn a song. Let your mind discover sound and your hands will follow. Tip # 2 Don't spend too much time in the C scale, move on to D, and then G. Tackle those black keys in a 4-chord progression really early in your endeavor and WATCH your hands so you know in advance where to find the inversion keys. Why am I sharing this? It's the same story - break down the tasks in manageable ways. In a few short minutes this Bass Clef advice got it done for me! The struggle is FINALLY over. My God it's been a nightmare. Thank you!!! a 71 year old male retired male brain has no use for a chocolate catchers mitt. LOL

Aaah thankssss man i used to have difficulty reading but now i think i can read it thanks man

I played trumpet this past year of school and I didn’t enjoy it so I’m switching to trombone. My teacher said in order to do this I need to learn bass clef and do a summer program called “Summer Band” that lots of people who don’t want to lose there skills over the summer go to practice. This video is super helpful for that first part.

Great Video!!!!! This instantly made sense to me Thanks!!!!!

Wow thank you so much very simple!

Trying to relearn the trombone after not playing for over 20 years, as well as joining a handbell choir, and I’ve been struggling to read the notes. This really helps.

Thanks so much! i started learning piano when i was 2 or 3 stopped at 5 or 6 and i never learned how to read bass clef! I started learning back piano like 7 months ago and i dont know how to read bass clef! and i watched your video right now and now i know! Good way to remember the bass clef :)

I'm learning the piano and this video was fantastic. Great method to go about it. Any chance you'd make a similar upload of the treble clef?

I’m picking up cello and was worried I would be lost in reading Bass clef but you’ve made it easier than anyone. I am used to reading treble clef so it’s still hard to switch my brain into a new mode.

Great lesson. Exactly what I need at the moment. Thank you very much.

Thank you! I started learning bass guitar a few days ago and have the hal leonard book coming in the post, and I was so scared hearing it was all bass clef instead of tablature, so this really helps.

Good video. I feel like mnemonic sentences are OKAY to use though. I'm a beginner, but for the spaces, I feel pretty comfortable with just reading it as "ACEG". The lines seem tougher for me to memorize. However, back in band class, all we used was the treble clef. I started out remembering "FACE" and "Every good boy does fine." Near the beginning of the class, I always did have to repeat the sentences. Given some time though, I was able to commit the notes into muscle memory and I no longer had to say those sentences.. In other words.. I feel like using mnemonic sentences are okay. Given some time and practice, the notes will be written to muscle memory. That was my experience for the treble clef. PS: I am a beginner.

Definitely works for me. Contradiction coming: played cello between ages of 8 and 18. No picking it up again in my mid sixties. Have so forgotten how to read base clef!

Thank you so much nice teaching

Thank you. Great lesson

In school I’ve been learning the euphonium for like 5 years now and for the sake of time my teachers have never thought theory. So I never really knew how simple this really is. 👌

Thank you! This was super helpful!

Thank you for this video, I’m in music theory and I’m a flute player so 8”) lifesaver

u had me laughing when u said, "I dont need some acronym about Aunt Lucy" So relatable. My band director taught us treble clef with line= 'every good boy does fine'; space=face. It took a long time to learn so thank you for not teaching me a whole other set of random sentences that don't even make sense.

Thank you 🙏

All you say is coming from out the deepest of your hart, fantastisch !!

Thank you SO much!! I am a beginner and I was having such a hard time. You helped me greatly!!

I learned trumpet first so then j switched to baritone and so I played tc music but I'm going to highschool and a treble clef player seems week when your part of low brass so it's hard for me to figure out bass clef

Needed this for 4 mallet marimba thanks

Thank you!

Amazing! Thank you so much!

Thankyou so much 😊😊😊

This is great I write on my sheet music all the time , I thought I was wrong for doing so and I was embarrassed 😂

Beating musical school i still struggles with bass cleff. I still write parts in treble clef and just plays in an octave lower.

Excellent! Thank you

Awesome!!!! I want work education from you

Great job. How about notes that extend outside the staff please

I'm a beginner piano player and was wondering when there are more than 1 treble clefs on the sheet music which do i play. I think one is the melody and 1 is the accompaniment, but I still am not sure?

outstanding

Great video! Thanks

Thank you very much for this. I'm trying to learn how to play piano, and for some reason the bass clef notes just aren't sticking for me 😔

i watch a lot of anime so i noticed when i looked in my book it was ACEG so i was like omg ace is my g so i always do for the spaces in the bass chef i always say ace is my g

This is great 👌

Thank you for this lesson!! I just started reading with this clef and I struggle a bit. Also does anyone know how I should tune a guitar to play in this clef? Standard is not an option there are notes that are too low

THANK YOU!!! 🙏🏽😊

Will try this. I learnt Treble Clef as a little kid. Never learned the Bass Clef. The problem now is that when I see the first space on bottom my brain always associates it with "F" instead of "A". ... Ugh. What a nightmare.

This is by far the best tutorial about the Bass Clef, but wouldn't it be easier if you were to just memorize the notes on the spaces (A C E G), and then from there, you can just go up the alphabet to get the notes on the lines?

johah hill is an awesome music teacher!!!

Hi, I am new to the bass and music in general. If anyone can help me It would be great! I know you have more than 1 way to play the same note. For example I have a G on 3rd string 10th fret and I have the G on the 1st open string. When I read music how do I know which one to play since they're the same note. Thanks and grettings from Costa Rica!

It's really good!

This dud save my whole class 2 day before final parlato exseam(im serbia sooo its difrend sistem for music education)

I am only 11 and I’m started playing trombone and I can’t remember any of the notes this really helped but I did watch it a few times

Oh my god thank youuuu

bruh that aunt lucy got me bro😂😂😂😂

how would u find where Do is on the base clef without any sharps or flats?

I started writing my first piece just for fun, I play clarinet, alto sax, but I have a piano and I wanted to write a piano part then I realized I only know treble lol

Thank you so much make more like this plz

This is good stuff

THIS AMAZING THANK YOU!!!!!!

Btw...the shortcut would be much more easier. Just remember the bottom note, middle note and top note on lines. And just that, you need to go half notes in G A B C D E F G. You'll remember all notes in a certain time with practice right? Then go with slow playing. It's much more easier.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😂😂❤️

"Don't use mnemonics" and then "Here's a mnemonic: fourth line, top line, bottom line..." Boom, boom, bam.

why lower Do is on the second line and the sol is on 4th line?

Nice....

Stepping in as an intermediate violinist, coming out as beginner pianist.

But how do I know what fret I press on