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bass clef

[ beys ]

noun

Music.
  1. a symbol placed on the fourth line of a staff to indicate that the fourth line of the staff corresponds to the F next below middle C; F clef.


bass clef

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff Also calledF clef
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bass clef1

First recorded in 1900–05
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