C clef
Noun
Meaning
a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
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C-clef
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About this sound Play ( help · info ) Where the C-clef is placed on the fourth line of the stave, it is called the tenor clef.
About this sound Play ( help · info ) Where the C-clef is placed on the first line of the stave, it is called the soprano clef.
About this sound Play ( help · info ) Where the C-clef is placed on the second line of the stave, it is called the mezzo-soprano clef.
Baritone clef † Baritone clef Diatonic scale on C, baritone C-clef.
Six of these, however, are redundant clefs (for example, a G-clef on the third line would be the same as a C-clef on the first line).