G clef

American  

noun

Music.

1. treble clef.

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G clef British  

noun

1. another name for treble clef

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Example Sentences

Example: The G clef makes the second line represent the pitch G. Avoid "fixes G on."

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

The G clef, also, when first introduced, was often written upon the third or the first line; the F clef, moreover, was not definitely established on the fourth line until toward 1700.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

The G clef can be made in one stroke if begun at the innermost part of the curl, or at the downward extremity.

From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Harris, Clement A.

When the G clef is used the staff is usually referred to as the treble staff, and when the F clef is used, as the bass staff.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

If the requirements of the music are such that pitches above F, the fifth line G clef, must be occasionally sung, let the voices upon the part sing lightly.

From The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs by Howard, Francis E.