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Definition of C clef
1. Noun. A movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff.
Definition of C clef
1. Noun. (music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined C on a staff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of C Clef
Literary usage of C clef
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"The 3 now in use are the fc\ef, C-clef, and C-clef / the /"-clef and 6'-clef are
als» ... F-clef on the 3rd line (Barytone- clef), the C-clef on the 2nd ..."
2. Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1914)
"The C clef as used in its various positions is shown in Figs., 8, and 9. It will
be noted that in each case the line on which the clef is placed represents ..."
3. Rhythm and Harmony in Poetry and Music: Together with Music as a by George Lansing Raymond (1894)
"... we should Know the Causes of Quality and Pitch—The Note and Half-Note— Written
Music : the Staff—Treble Clef—Bass Clef—C clef—Sharps and Flats—Music ..."
4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"Our F clef and C clef come directly from these early letters, while the G clef
... The C clef, now used mostly for viola, 'cello, and some vocal music, ..."
5. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"A florid form of a letter, used as a symbol with a fixed note-meaning, from which
it takes its name, as the so-called " c " clef denoting that whichever ..."
6. Elements & Notation of Music by James Matthew McLaughlin (1902)
"Chapter XIII THE C clef 324. Frequent use of leger lines for certain voice-parts (which
would require such lines if confined to either the treble or bass ..."
7. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"The modern clefs are corruptions of the letters C, F, G. clef, alto The C clef,
placed on the third line of the staff. See also alto clef. clef, ..."
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