F clef
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens
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 Karl Wilson Gehrkens
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
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 W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
Whatever line the F clef is on is F, however many or few lines may be above or below it.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Clement A. Harris
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