bass clef
noun
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 clefs
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pluralof bass clef.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Clement A. Harris
Hence the misdescription of the treble and bass clefs as “immovable,” the C clef as “movable.”
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Clement A. Harris
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 Maria Montessori
