Almost every music theory teacher has his or her own mnemonic to help students remember the order of the notes on a staff. Here are a few you can use to help keep things straight.
Notes found on the lines of the treble staff, starting with the first line and moving up to the top (fifth) line read E, G, B, D, and F, or:
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Every Good Boy Does Fine
Every Good Bird Does Fly
The notes in the spaces between the treble clef staff lines are easy to remember. They spell the word FACE, starting at the first space note, F, and heading up to the E in the top space on the staff. No need to learn any other mnemonic here — everybody just uses FACE.
Notes found on the bass clef staff lines, starting at the bottom note, read G, B, D, F, and A, or:
Go Buy Donuts For Al
Good Boys Do Fine Always
Great Big Dreams For America
For the space notes between the bass clef staff lines, just remember any one of the following:
All Cows Eat Grass
All Cars Eat Gas
Alley Cats Eat Garbage
