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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F clef

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Thus Fig. 3, b, if the first measure of a composition, should have an F clef immediately preceding the G clef in the left-hand part.

From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Harris, Clement A.

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.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

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.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

When the G clef is used the staff is usually referred to as the treble staff, and when the F clef is used, as the bass staff.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson