Grade Two Music Theory Lesson 1: Notes, Rests and Ledger Lines
Notes and Rests Review
In the Grade One music theory course, we learnt about the most common note and rest values, and we also learnt that if a note or rest is dotted (has one dot on the right side of the note head), its length is increased by half again.
Ties Review
We also learnt that we can use ties to join notes of the same pitch together to make them longer.
Ledger Lines
We met middle C in the both the treble clef and bass clef and found out that the little line that goes through the middle of the note is called a ledger line, and that it makes extra room on the staff for us to use.
We can add more ledger lines to make more space on the staff. We can add ledger lines to the top of the staff, and to the bottom.
Let's add some ledger lines to the top of the staff in the treble clef:
The first note we use a ledger line on is the A.
Let's now add them to the bottom:
To the top of the bass clef:
and to the bottom:
In Grade Two Music Theory, you will need to be able to read notes written with up to 2 ledger lines.
and bass clef 
and found out that the little line that goes through the middle of the note is called a ledger line, and that it makes extra room on the staff for us to use.