G clef
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
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
The G clef can be made in one stroke if begun at the innermost part of the curl, or at the downward extremity.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Clement A. Harris
The G clef should be begun at the second line rather than below the staff.
From Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens
The note C of the G clef is made by two hundred and fifty-seven vibrations of air per second.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Henry White Warren
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