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clef

in music, a symbol on a staff showing the pitch of the notes

Not to be confused with:

cleft – split; divided; a crack or crevice; an indentation between two parts, as of the chin

clef

(klĕf)

n. Music

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.

[French, key, from Old French, from Latin clāvis.]

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clef

(klɛf)

(Music, other) one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after it. See also alto clef, bass clef, C clef, soprano clef, tenor clef, treble clef

[C16: from French: key, clef, from Latin clāvis; related to Latin claudere to close]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

clef

(klɛf)

n.

a sign at the beginning of a musical staff to show the pitch of the notes.

[1570–80; < Middle French < Latin clāvis key]

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Noun

clef - a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it

musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians

G clef, treble clef, treble staff - a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff

bass clef, F clef - a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff

alto clef, viola clef - a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff

C clef - a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff

soprano clef - a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff

tenor clef - a clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff; used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns

Translations

مُفْتاح الأنْغام الموسيقيه

klíč

nøgle

Notenschlüssel

clave

clef à écrous

hangjegykulcs

nótnalykill

chiave

raktas

atslēga

clef

[klef] N (Mus) → clave f

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clef

[ˈklɛf] n (MUSIC) → clé f

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clef

n → (Noten)schlüssel m

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clef

[klɛf] n (Mus) → chiave f

clef

(klef) noun

in music, a sign (eg or) on the stave fixing the pitch of the notes.

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