Ode To The Treble Clef

"Ode To The Treble Clef" is another in a series of songs we've come up with to help kids with various musical concepts. For this song the topic is, of course, the treble clef. The lyrics of the song tell your singers that the treble clef is an old-fashioned "G" and that it curls around the "G" line on the music staff. It also states the names for the line notes and the space notes when the treble clef is in its "cozy spot."

The style of this song is a good old '50s rock ballad, complete with electric guitars and bass, piano, drums, and strings. Your kids will have a lot of fun performing it - especially every time they sing "whoa, oh, oh, oh." Make sure they really play that up by singing it very short and detached, like they would have in the '50s. Listen to the performance track of this song to get the idea. Our singers did a great job. To really set the mood of the ballad, we have included on both the performance and accompaniment tracks some nifty (and somewhat tongue-in-cheek) background vocals with plenty of "oh, yeahs" and "shoo-be-doo-wops."

This song will work great in the classroom for learning about the treble clef, but it will also be fun in just about any performance setting. You could even use it as a Valentine's piece since the singers are proclaiming their fondness for their friend the treble clef. Also, when performing this song you'll definitely want to have a few kids pantomiming (or actually singing along with) the background vocals. T-shirts, jeans, slick-backed hair, and sunglasses would really look great, too!