So theClef d'Amors counsels ladies who would win them lovers[23], and even so Robert de Blois depicts the perfect diner.
The first song was written in the soprano clef; the second has tenor clef but two solo voices; neither was made for Ehlers.
The Editor has taken the liberty of transferring the music to the treble clef and to interpret the notes which are indistinct in the autograph in accordance with Dr.
Gandeleyn bent his goode bowe, And set therin a flo, He schet throw his grene certyl, 65 His herte he clef on too.
Then he observed that old figures and letters, totally foreign to the notes of a printed score, were interspersed between the rest, and moreover only the treble clefhad been used.
The dot on the line below the five lines which are joined together by the sign of the treble clef is C.
The musical notes could be easily read in place of letters, of course, with the sign of the treble clef as a basic guide, but the other figures still puzzled him.
He also uses the chromatic scale from B flat up to F:--[Illustration: A music staff with a treble clef on the left.
The two chief rules of voice-training are to forbid forcing the chest register above [Illustration: a music staff with a treble clef and a whole note "E" on the first line.
G to A, B flat to F sharp above the clef being occasionally used.
Primarily (besides the bass clef), in Italy and Germany, only the tenor clef was used, and the altoclef in France.
Nous prendrons la clef des champs = We shall take the key of the street (i.
Clef Mettre la clef sous la porte = To run away from one’s creditors; “To bolt.
La clef dont on se sert est toujours claire = One does not get rusty in what one does every day.
Her glorious voice extends from D on the third line of the bass clef to C on the second leger line above the treble clef.
They worked me for over ten months on scales and sustained tones until the break that came at E flat above the Bass Clef was welded from the lower tones to the upper tones so that I could sing up or down with no ugly break audible.
Besides, the sign would have easily become confused with the C clef [illustration].
Different parts, per fugam, inquire from clefto clef-- And did He rise?
Ten years with no one at hand to churn up the atmosphere occasionally with something extending "from G in bass clef to G above the line treble" is a long while.
I want a list of contralto songs for the voice, compass two octaves G, in bass clef to G, above the line, treble.
The student should thoroughly understand the relation of each clef to the great stave; until he is decided on this simple matter, he will be much troubled with the relative pitch of the tenor clef, treble, etc.
Each clef should be made to have a separate existence in the mind of the player, or hesitation and confusion are sure to result.
Now, if written for the violoncellist in one stave, according to the same rules, it would be extremely difficult to read at sight, the abrupt changes of clef being very confusing.
Illustration] As before stated it is usual to carry the bass clef as far up as A above three leger lines, this is really the treble A, and not an octave lower.
Illustration] Young students generally think that above the bass clef comes the tenor, higher up still the alto, and above all; the treble clef, whereas all four clefs are part of the great stave.
However, for clearness and simplicity in reading, the range of the bass clef is extended by means of leger lines as far as A, an octave higher than the top line of the clef.
It may safely be said that since its formation the Clef Club has done much to elevate the taste of its members, and promote the study and appreciation of chamber music.
The Clef Club was founded in 1881, to provide a central resort for the study and practice of vocal and instrumental music, combined with the general accommodation of a Club.
The C clef is on that line which has an oblique or straight stroke, or pot-hook, above and below.
F clef immediately preceding the G clefin the left-hand part.
The F clef requires three strokes, owing to the dots, each of which takes one to itself.
The upper part of the trebleclef is sometimes kept within the stave, but, as in the present examples, more often rises above the stave.
This was what has since become the fourth line, the clef line, of the bass stave.
Hence care must be taken to write the treble clef on the second, and the bass clef on the fourth line of its stave.
From this beginning has been evolved so elaborate a sign, sometimes not merely covering all the lines of a stave, but going beyond them, that it is necessary to explain which line a clef is on.
A clef identifies and originally was used with a single line, and identifies others only by their relationship to this.
By changing the clef (b); or By writing the part in the stave proper to the other hand (c).
After a change of clef in the middle of a score this is, of course, not necessary.
Hence the misdescription of the treble and bass clefs as "immovable," the C clef as "movable.
The G clef can be made in one stroke if begun at the innermost part of the curl, or at the downward extremity.
The F clef is on that line which its interior termination is on, and which it curls round either to the right or the left, and which has a dot above and below.
Note that all clefs are on lines; no clefis in a space.
I could make you to-morrow, if you would give me good malt and hops, and let it stand long enough untapped.
When the pots containing two worms which had remained quite indifferent to the sound of the piano, were placed on this instrument, and the note C in the bassclef was struck, both instantly retreated into their burrows.
Under similar circumstances on another night one worm dashed into its burrow on a very high note being struck only once, and the other worm when C in the treble clef was struck.
After a time they emerged, and when G above the line in the treble clef was struck they again retreated.
The full compass of the Boehm flute is chromatic, from middle C to C, two octaves above the treble clef C, a range of three octaves, which is common to all concert flutes, and is not peculiar to the Boehm model.
As in the flute, the notes up to C sharp in the treble clef are produced by the normal blowing, and simply shortening the tube by opening the sound holes.
Between C in the bass clef and G above the treble will represent its serviceable notes.
The F below the bass clef is the true lowest note, the other seven semitones descending to the B flat being obtained by holes and keys in the long joint and bell.
Thus, an instrument which ranged, with the help of eight finger holes and two keys, from F in the bass clef to B flat in the treble had an addition given to it at once of a second register from C in the treble clef to E flat above it.
The compass of the bassoon is from B flat, an octave below that in the bass clef, to B flat in the treble clef, a range of three octaves, produced by normal pressure, as far as the bass clef F.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clef" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
