It is sung to the tune of the American folk Ballad "On Top of Old Smoky".
It starts like this. All notes are within one C octave; all C's are the lower one, except the 5th note with is the upper octave.
C C E G C... A...
A F G A G....
C C E G G.... D...
E F E D C.....
Tom Glazer wrote and performed 'On Top of Spaghetti' in 1963.
You can remember FACE for the spaces from bottom to top, and Every Good Boy Does Fine for the lines from bottom to top.
notes
They read notes
In music, "FACE" is an acronym for the names of the notes in the spaces on the staff in treble clef. A staff has five lines, and those form 4 spaces in between. From bottom to top the notes are F, A, C, E.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster
notes of music
Music scores and notes - the notation of music. Music must be notated so that other people can play/sing it.
The space notes in a treble clef are (in order from bottom to top) F, A, C, E. The line notes in a treble clef are (in order from bottom to top) E, G, B, D, F. The space notes in a bass clef are (in order from bottom to top) A, C, E, G. The line notes in a bass clef are (in order from bottom to top) G, B, D, F, A.
there are 7 notes
On Top of Old Smokey
beamed notes are a music note with a flag.