Bass Reading Music G String 1 2 Now we will read notes on the bass clef and play them on our instrument. The notes that we learned on the bass look like this in music notation:   Please press the Exercise button below.October 17, 2012 1 2 Now we will read notes on the bass clef and play them on our instrument. The notes that we learned on the bass look like this in music notation:   Please press the Exercise button below.