Definitions for CLEFklɛf

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

clefklɛf(n.)

  1. a sign at the beginning of a musical staff to show the pitch of the notes.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of clef:

1570–80; < MF < L clāvis key

Princeton's WordNet

  1. clef(noun)

    a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it

Wiktionary

  1. clef(Noun)

    A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clef(noun)

    a character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff


Translations for CLEF

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

clef(noun)

in music, a sign (eg or) on the stave fixing the pitch of the notes.

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