Clef

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  • noun. A symbol indicating the pitch represented by one line of a staff, in relation to which the other pitches of the staff can be determined.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In music, a character placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of one of its degrees, so that the names of the others may be known.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.
  • noun. See under Alto, Bass.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
  • Word Usage
    "mettre la clef sous la porte clefs en main clé à bougie la clef des champs livre à clef*"
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    bass clef  
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