In this piece, taken from Michael Aaron’s Piano Course: Grade One, we calculate notes using the “counting lines” method: If neighboring tones are in a line-space-line-space pattern and if Middle C is line zero (neither in treble nor bass clef), then the first line above Middle C is E, skipping the space note D.
When counting lines, we skip over the spaces, thus reciting the well-known mnemonic, “Every Good Boy Does Fine.”
