Nat 5 April Revision 11: Writing notes, stem direction, ledger lines and middle C

If you have to write musical notes, remember to put the stems of the notes on the correct side, going up or down as appropriate. If the note is above the 3rd line, the stem goes down, on the left like this -

If the note is below the 3rd line, the stem goes up, on the right like this -   

Notes which appear above or below the stave like this -

or this -

make use of ledger lines. These are extra, short lines which are used when the music is moving up too high or down too low for the existing stave.

Make sure you know what middle C looks like -