F clef

American  

noun

Music.

1. bass clef.

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F clef British  

noun

1. another name for bass clef

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Example Sentences

Figure 1.8: It is rare these days to see the G and F clefs in these nonstandard positions.

From Literature

In addition to this Guido is generally credited with the introduction of the F clef.

From Project Gutenberg

The F clef is on that line which its interior termination is on, and which it curls round either to the right or the left, and which has a dot above and below.

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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.

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The F clef is made either thus, , or thus, the dots being placed one on either side of the fourth line of the staff, which is the particular point that the clef marks.

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