clef : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
  alto clef.
  

WordNet

• (Mus.) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. Moore.

Webster 1913

• . See under Alto, Bass.

Webster 1913

• noun a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
  bass clef.
  

WordNet

• (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under Clef.]

Webster 1913

• noun a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
  

WordNet

• (Mus.), the C clef when placed on the third line; also called alto clef.

Webster 1913

• noun a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
  bass clef.
  

WordNet

• the bass clef. See under Clef.

Webster 1913

• noun a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff
  G clef; treble staff.
  

WordNet

• noun a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters
  

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• noun a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff
  

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• noun a clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff; used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns
  

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• noun a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff
  G clef; treble staff.
  

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• noun a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
  alto clef.
  

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