bass clefs
- plural of bass clef.
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It was the territorial line between where the right hand and the left hand traveled, between the treble and the bass clefs.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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This is not now done with treble and bass clefs, which are only used with respectively the top and bottom five lines of the Great Stave of eleven lines.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Harris, Clement A.
The two boards are then separated and the notes remain arranged according to the treble and bass clefs.
From Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook by Montessori, Maria
They are written out in open score of four staves, with mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, and bass clefs.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)