Bass Clef Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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It is not signed by Chopin, but the handwriting includes his distinctive bass clef.

From BBC

How about Grizzly Bears Don’t Fly Airplanes for the lines of the bass clef, or Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips or Elephants Get Big Dirty Feet for the lines of the treble clef?

From Literature

Voices and instruments with higher ranges usually learn to read treble clef, while voices and instruments with lower ranges usually learn to read bass clef.

From Literature

It was the territorial line between where the right hand and the left hand traveled, between the treble and the bass clefs.

From Literature

While I’d been playing brass instruments for years, tuba parts are written in bass clef; I’d only ever read treble clef.

From New York Times