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clef
Also known as musical clef
thumb|Diagram of treble, alto, and bass clefs with identical-sounding musical notes aligned vertically|alt=|440x440px thumb|Middle C represented on (from left to right) treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs|420px thumb|200px|Three clefs aligned to middle C
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A clef is a symbol placed at the beginning of a musical staff that tells musicians which notes correspond to the lines and spaces on the page. Different clefs (like treble, alto, and bass) represent the same musical notes in different positions, allowing musicians to read music written for their specific instrument.
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Clefs · Standard Music Font Layout
w3.org → uniE050.ss01 gClefSmall G clef (small staff) uniE05C.salt01 cClefFrench C clef (French, 18th century) uniE05C.ss01 cClefSmall C clef (small staff) uniE05C.salt03 cClefFrench20C C clef (French, 20th century) uniE062.salt01 fClefFrench F clef (French, 18th century) uniE062.salt02 fClef19thCentury F clef (19th century) uniE062.ss01 fClefSmall F clef (small staff) uniE069.salt01 unpitchedPercussionClef1Alt Unpitched percussion clef 1 (thick-thin) uniE06D.salt01 6stringTabClefTall 6-string tab clef (tall) uniE06D.salt02 6stringTabClefSerif 6-string tab clef (serif) uniE06E.salt01 4stringTabClefTall 4-string tab clef (tall) uniE06E.salt02 4stringTabClefSerif 4-string tab clef (serif) uniE07B.salt01 cClefFrench20CChange C clef change (French, 20th century) Scoring applications may choose to create e.g. ottava alta and ottava bassa versions of the G clef and F clef by combining gClef and fClef with clef8 and clef15 rather than using the precomposed glyphs. Clef changes are normally drawn at two-thirds the size of clefs at the beginning of the system1 , but different publishers and engravers may prefer to use a different size. Dedicated glyphs for drawing a clef change are provided for the three most commonly-used clefs ( gClefChange , cClefChange , and fClefChange ), together with a combining control character ( clefChangeCombining ) that font designers may use to produce smaller versions of less commonly-used clefs by way of glyph substitution (such as OpenType ligatures). Scoring applications may choose to use these dedicated clef change glyphs if they do not provide the end user with control over the size of clef changes. Otherwise, scoring applications should draw clef changes by using the regular clef glyphs at a smaller point size, either fixed at two-thirds the size of normal clefs, or at a size of the end user’s choosing.
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- Placement on the staff
- Individual clefs
- G-clefs
- {{anchor|treble_corn}} {{anchor|The G clef}} Treble clef
- {{anchor|french_violin_clef}}French violin clef<sup>†</sup>
- F-clefs
- {{anchor|Baritone clef}}Baritone clef<sup>†</sup>
- {{anchor|bass_clef}} {{anchor|The F clef}} Bass clef
- {{anchor|sub-bass_clef}}Sub-bass clef<sup>†</sup>
- C-clefs
- {{anchor|alto_clef}} Alto clef
- {{anchor|tenor_clef}} Tenor clef
- {{anchor|mezzo-soprano_clef}}Mezzo-soprano clef<sup>†</sup>
- {{anchor|soprano_clef}}Soprano clef<sup>†</sup>
- Other clefs
- Octave clefs
- Neutral clef
- Tablature
- History
- Further uses
- In Unicode
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Diagram of treble, alto, and bass clefs with identical-sounding musical notes aligned vertically|alt=|440x440px thumb|Middle C represented on (from left to right) treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs|420px thumb|200px|Three clefs aligned to middle C
A clef (from French: 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff. Placing a clef on a staff assigns a particular pitch to one of the five lines or four spaces, which defines the pitches on the remaining lines and spaces.