clefin music, a symbol on a staff showing the pitch of the notesNot to be confused with:cleft ? split; divided; a crack or crevice; an indentation between two parts, as of the chinAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeclef (kl?f)n. Music A symbol indicating the pitch represented by one line of a staff, in relation to which the other pitches of the staff can be determined.[French, key, from Old French, from Latin cl?vis.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.clef (kl?f) n (Music, other) one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after it. See also alto clef, bass clef, C clef, soprano clef, tenor clef, treble clef[C16: from French: key, clef, from Latin cl?vis; related to Latin claudere to close]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014clef (kl?f) n. a sign at the beginning of a musical staff to show the pitch of the notes. [1570?80;
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clefin music, a symbol on a staff showing the pitch of the notesNot to be confused with:cleft ? split; divided; a crack or crevice; an indentation between two parts, as of the chinAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeclef (kl?f)n. Music A symbol indicating the pitch represented by one line of a staff, in relation to which the other pitches of the staff can be determined.[French, key, from Old French, from Latin cl?vis.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.clef (kl?f) n (Music, other) one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after it. See also alto clef, bass clef, C clef, soprano clef, tenor clef, treble clef[C16: from French: key, clef, from Latin cl?vis; related to Latin claudere to close]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014clef (kl?f) n. a sign at the beginning of a musical staff to show the pitch of the notes. [1570?80;
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