what key is it in??????

The notes used in a tune, as well as the note of the scale it centers around, determine the key. A song in the key of C major uses mostly notes from the C major scale. The notes in the A minor scale (natural minor) are the same as the notes in the C major scale, but a song in C major would treat C as the root rather than A. It would sound "happier" to the ear, since it's a major scale. You play in a key by using mostly notes from that key. The specific notes to play are determined by the structure of the song and your discretion.

so basicly ur saying its not something that u can just come up with off the top of ur head? you have to write it down??? Also what is a bass clef and a treble clef
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They are the names for the staves (singular: staff) on which standard notation is written. Each staff consists of 5 lines, separated by 4 spaces - so each one covers a range of 9 whole tones.

Clef is French for key. So "treble key" and "bass key", there's also a third, who's name I can't remember at the moment (Baritone?).

The lowest note on the treble clef (the bottom line) is E above middle C - so middle C is on a ledger line two whole notes below the treble clef. A ledger line is a short line that extends the range of a staff.

The highest note on the bass clef (top line) is A below middle C. So middle C is on a ledger line two notes above the bass clef.
|-----------------
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|----------------- Treble Clef
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-C- Middle C
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|----------------- Bass Clef
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Together they form the "Grand Staff"

If you have a look through the "Theory" forum, there are quite a few threads that go into how you can determine the key of a piece of music.

The third clef is the 'C' clef (although there is also a baritone clef that's pretty rare).

Each clef fixes the location of one note on the staff... the G clef places the G note on whatever line the lower curly part wraps around - that's usually the second line from the bottom, in which case it's called the treble clef. The F clef places the F note between the two 'dots' on the right side of the clef - that's usually the second line from the top, in which case it's called the bass clef. The last one, the C clef, places the C note in the center of the clef.

In theory, all these clefs are moveable up and down the staff.... move the F clef down one line (to place F in the center of the staff) and it's called the baritone clef; the C clef can be called the alto, tenor, soprano, or mezzo-soprano clef depending on where it's placed.

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