G clef
Noun
Meaning
a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff
Source: WordNetAlternative names
G-clef
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About this sound Play ( help · info ) Where the G-clef is placed on the first line of the stave, it is called the French clef or French violin clef.
For this reason, the terms G-clef and treble clef are often seen as synonymous.
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).
Nowadays, kora scores are written on a single G clef, following the Keur Moussa notation system.
The ethnomusicologists were the only ones to note some traditional airs in the normal grand staff method using the G clef and the F clef.
This is the most common clef used today, and the only G-clef still in use.