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clef

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clef/klef/

▶noun Music any of several symbols placed at the left-hand end of a stave, indicating the pitch of the notes written on the stave.

– origin C16: from Fr., from L. clavis ‘key’.

'clef' also found in these Oxford entries:

alto clef - bass clef - key signature - roman-à-clef - soprano clef - tenor clef - time signature - treble clef

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