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bass clef

American  
[beys] / beɪs /

noun

Music.

  1. a symbol placed on the fourth line of a staff to indicate that the fourth line of the staff corresponds to the F next below middle C; F clef.

bass clef British  
/ beɪs /

noun

  1. Also called: F clef.  the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff

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Etymology

Origin of bass clef

First recorded in 1900–05

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