clef de fa

ˈklef. : a sign placed at the beginning of a musical staff to determine the pitch of the notes.

The treble clef, or G clef, is used for the higher sounding notes, usually played with the right hand. The bass clef, or F clef, is used for the lower sounding notes, usually played with the left hand.

This symbol is placed on the staff to show where the F line is. Just look for the line between the two dots, and any note on that line is an F. And it's not just any F. This F is called “BASS F” and it's the F just below middle C on the piano.

The bass clef is sometimes called the “F clef”; as seen in Example 3, the dot of the bass clef begins on the F line (the second line from the top).

In music, the clef is a sign used to indicate the pitch of notes represented on the musical staff. The word clef comes from the French, meaning “key.” In music notation, the symbol is placed at the beginning of the staff, setting a reference for, or giving a “key” to, all notes of the staff.

Whole note rest: Also known as a whole rest or a semibreve rest, this symbol represents a musical pause that is the length of a whole note. In a 4/4 time signature, a whole rest tells the player to pause for the whole bar. On a five-line musical staff, a whole rest hovers just below the fourth line. 2.

Octave clef Treble and bass clefs can be modified by octave numbers. An "8" below the clef (as in the diagram) indicates that pitches will sound an octave lower than they would with the unmodified clef. A "15" below indicates a two-octave shift.

time signature The time signature, or meter, of a musical piece is represented by the stacked numbers after the clef sign. The top number indicates the number of beats in each measure. The bottom number indicates which type of note receives one beat. Time Signatures.

The bass clef, an F-clef, is used by cello, double bass, bass guitar, bassoon, contrabassoon, bass recorder, trombone, tuba, timpani and some other players.

The Grand Staff. The grand staff (or “great stave” as it's called in Britain), is a combination of two staves put together, usually a treble clef and a bass clef. This combination clef is used for a variety of instruments, including piano, organ, marimba (pictured above), harp, and more.

The key signature is placed after the clef indication (treble or bass, for example) at the beginning of a staff or after a double bar line - the separation necessary for a change of signature - within a staff. In Western tonality, specific groupings represent the major and minor keys.

The three clef symbols used in modern music notation are the G-clef, F-clef, and C-clef. Placing these clefs on a line fixes a reference note to that line - an F-clef fixes the F below middle C, a C-clef fixes middle C, and a G-clef fixes the G above middle C.