clef
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
Origin of clef
1- Compare bass clef, treble clef, C clef.
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How to use clef in a sentence
Fail not to practise the reading of old clefs, otherwise many treasures of past times will remain a closed fountain to you.
Advice to Young Musicians. Musikalische Haus- und Lebens-Regeln | Robert SchumannC'est Lui qui fut notre support, Et qui tient les clefs de la mort,Lui seul en sa puissance.
The Huguenots in France | Samuel Smiles.Hence the misdescription of the treble and bass clefs as “immovable,” the C clef as “movable.”
How to Write Music | Clement A. HarrisThe seven letters which had formerly been used as notes, now became clefs.
Popular Technology; Volume 2 | Edward HazenHis arms are as follows: De gueules aux deux clefs dargent en sautoir avec la tiare pour cimier.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy | Francis Miltoun
British Dictionary definitions for clef
/ (klɛf) /
one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after it: See also alto clef, bass clef, C clef, soprano clef, tenor clef, treble clef
Origin of clef
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