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Antonyms for clef

Grammar : Verb
Spell : klef
Phonetic Transcription : klɛf

Definition of clef

Origin :
  • 1570s in a musical sense, "character on a staff to indicate its name and pitch," from Middle French clef (12c.) "key, musical clef, trigger," from a figurative or transferred use of classical Latin clavis, which had only the literally sense "key" (see slot (n.2)). In the Middle Ages, the Latin word was used in the Guidonian system for "the lowest note of a scale," which is its basis (see keynote). The most common is the treble, violin, or G-clef, which crosses on the second line of the staff, denoting that as the G above middle C on the piano.
  • As in compose : verb create writing, artwork, or music
Example sentences :
  • This was what has since become the fourth line, the clef line, of the bass stave.
  • Extract from : « How to Write Music » by Clement A. Harris
  • After a change of clef in the middle of a score this is, of course, not necessary.
  • Extract from : « How to Write Music » by Clement A. Harris
  • She was so tall the girls always considered her in that clef.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge » by Lilian Garis
  • They could only be written (as they are yet) in one clef—namely, the F clef.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare and Music » by Edward W. Naylor
  • Clef, klef, n. a musical character placed on the staff by which the absolute pitch of the notes is fixed.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • The clef is here changed to its lowest, and the little book is a lot of tremolos about old age, death, and faith.
  • Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman
  • In olden days any clef line might be taken with any number of lines above and below.
  • Extract from : « How to Write Music » by Clement A. Harris
  • Le Tarot Divinatoire: Clef du tirage des cartes et des sorts.
  • Extract from : « The Illustrated Key to the Tarot » by L. W. de Laurence
  • It will be noted that in each case the line on which the clef is placed represents "middle C."
  • Extract from : « Music Notation and Terminology » by Karl W. Gehrkens
  • He also observes that this oratorio is the first work in which the proper sharps and flats are generally placed at the clef.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton

Synonyms for clef

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