What are the notes above a staff?

Question

i know that when reading sheet music all the notes that are on the lines are E G B D F and the spaces are F A C E but how do you read the notes when they go either above or below the staff?

Answer 1

If you start on a line and move to the next space, it is one letter up.  So if you start on the top line of the treble clef (note F) and since the notes only go up to G, then the next space will be G.  The next line after G will be A, so the first line above the Treble clef staff will be A, the second line will be C, the third line will be E, the fourth will be G, and so on.  The first space will be G, the second B, the third D, the fourth F, and so on.  Notice that every space and every line is every other note from the space or line you started on.

The first line below the Treble clef is the same s the first line above the bass clef... which is C (middle C).  The space below that is B and the space above that is D.

So if you are sticking with the FACE principle, then the notes on the Treble clef in for the spaces go FACEGBDFACEGBD, and the notes for the lines go EGBDFACEGBDFACE.  

Answer 2

You described right all the notes within the stafff. When the notes go out of the staff (whether it's above or below), they are drawn with an "imaginary" line/lines that can either cross them or be just below or above them. Specifically, above the staff, the first note will be drawn regularly right next to the upmost line, and it will be G. The next note will already be drawn a bit above it, and it will be striked with a line in the middle, and it will be an A. The next note will be slightly above it (the vertical positions are as if the staff is continuing), and it will be a B, and it will contain a line stuck to it from below. THE NEXT one is an upper C, and this one will already have a line striking through it AND a line below it, not stuck to it but within a little space from it. Actually it's the same line used for B, it's just that the note itself is higher. Same goes downstairs for low notes.

I hope you understand because it's a bit tricky to explain it with words... Anyway the idea is that the staff "continues" with imaginary lines and each time you draw the lines near the note so you could know how high the note is.

By the way, I HATE NOTES. As far as I'm concerned they're just a clumsy way of describing music and rhythm. And the notes you are asking about are even HARDER to read. What's my solution? I don't know, maybe a graphical display like in recording software or something...