Now we will practice reading line notes in music notation and playing them on the piano.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/high_d.jpg)
As before, the first step is to name the note in question using Every Good Boy Does Fine.
In this case, the note is D.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/high_d.jpg)
Now we must find it on the piano.
![](/files/tutorials/instrument/piano/many_ds.jpg)
We know the note is D, but there are many notes on the piano named D.
How do we know which one to choose?
![](/files/tutorials/instrument/piano/many_ds.jpg)
The answer is that we must learn about Octaves.
![](/files/tutorials/instrument/piano/octave_1.jpg)
An octave is the distance from one note to the next note of the same name.
For example, the distance from Middle C to the next C above it is an octave.
![](/files/tutorials/instrument/piano/octave_1.jpg)
It is called an octave because like an octopus has eight legs, an octave is 8 keys away.
![](/files/tutorials/theory/intervals/12/octopus.jpg)
![](/files/tutorials/instrument/piano/octave_2.jpg)
![](/files/tutorials/theory/intervals/12/octopus.jpg)
![](/files/tutorials/instrument/piano/octave_2.jpg)
On the treble clef, the C an octave higher than middle C looks like this.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/high_c.jpg)
It is on the 3rd space of the staff.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/high_c.jpg)
If a note is below high C, it will be here on the piano.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/1st_octave_alt2.jpg)
In other words, it will be in the octave just to the right of middle C.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/1st_octave_alt2.jpg)
If the note is above high C, it is here on the piano.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/2nd_octave_alt2.jpg)
In other words, it will be in the second octave above middle C.
![](/files/tutorials/notation/reading_treble_clef/2nd_octave_alt2.jpg)
Please press the Exercise button below.