CLEF'S
noun Music.
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
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| —n | |
| alto clef bass clef C clef soprano clef tenor clef See also treble clef one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after it | |
| [C16: from French: key, clef, from Latin clāvis; related to Latin claudere to close] | |
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clef
1576 in a musical sense, from M.Fr. clef, from L. clavis "key" (see slot (2)). The most common is the treble or G-clef, denoting the G above middle C on the piano.
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