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Definition of Bass clef

Bass clef
Bass Bass, a. Deep or grave in tone. Bass clef (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under Clef.] Bass voice, a deep-sounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.
Bass clef
Clef Clef (kl[e^]f; 277), n. [F. clef key, a key in music, fr. L. clavis key. See Clavicle.] (Mus.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff. Note: The clefs are three in number, called the C, F, and G clefs, and are probably corruptions or modifications of these letters. They indicate that the letters of absolute pitch belonging to the lines upon which they are placed, are respectively C, F, and G. The F or bass clef, and the G or treble clef, are fixed in their positions upon the staff. The C clef may have three positions. It may be placed upon the first or lower line of the staff, in which case it is called soprano clef, upon the third line, in which case it called alto clef, or upon the fourth line, in which case tenor clef. It rarely or never is placed upon the second line, except in ancient music. See other forms of C clef under C, 2. Alto clef, Bass clef. See under Alto, Bass.

Meaning of Bass clef from wikipedia

- seen as treble clef (placing G4 on the second line of the staff), and the F-clef as b**** clef (placing F3 on the fourth line). The C-clef is mostly encountered...
- also uses b**** clef. This means that the b**** clef part would be read an octave lower than if reading it in German notation. The treble clef remains the...
- typically treated as a treble-clef instrument, while in American band music, parts may be written in either treble clef or b**** clef, or both. A person who plays...
- lines of the b**** clef. Categories of b**** voices vary according to national style and classification system. Italians favour subdividing b****es into the...
- a space), but modern notation almost exclusively uses treble, b****, alto, and tenor clef. In American usage, musical note and rest values have names that...
- Similarly, when tenor and b**** are notated in one staff, the upper voice is marked by stems up, and both voices written in b**** clef, while tenor is usually...
- the baritone horn can be written in either the b**** clef or the treble clef. When written in the b**** clef, the baritone horn is a non-transposing instrument...
- double b**** Tuba, often called "the b****" in the context of br**** instruments B**** (voice type), a type of classical male singing voice B**** clef, the musical...
- higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the b**** clef, with tenor clef, and treble clef used for higher-range p****ages. Pla**** by a cellist or...
- ****ociated with the b**** voice. For example, the role of Wotan in Die Walküre covers the range from F2 (the F at the bottom of the b**** clef) to F♯4 (the F♯...