treble clef
1
6.0
- noun
- /ˈtrɛbəl klɛf/
- Specialized
:
clave de sol
- More particularly, his right hand played well while his left played badly; he could read the treble clef but not the bass, and as he unerringly picked out the melody of "Tea for Two" or "Begin the Beguine," his left hand crashed and bumbled randomly among the deep notes.
- treble clef notes
- names of the treble clef
- read in the treble clef
Examples
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Two on-grade-level groups cycled through two computer centers that allowed students to review note names of the treble clef and practice rhythmic error detection.
Academic text (2011) -
An initial activity is to have students create a treble clef melody to go with an ostinato or chord progression.
Academic text (1998) -
Within the treble clef, they may sing up to top-line F and down to B-flat below middle C.
Academic text (2003) -
The visually oriented students used the Music Ace computer program to practice naming treble clef notes.
Academic text (2011) -
Maggie's third-grade students practiced treble clef note names at one of three stations.
Academic text (2011) -
While she had introduced the letter names of the treble clef notes to all of her third-grade students with whole-class instruction, and they would all take the same test in a few weeks, she knew students needed to process and practice the note names using different methods.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, many students learn the names of the spaced notes of the treble clef as FACE and the names of the lined notes by memorizing the phrase Every Good Boy Does Fine.
Academic text (2005) -
The leads and all the doubles read in the treble clef while the guitars, cellos, and quadraphonics read in both clefs.
Academic text (1995) -
Students are reminded about their choice of pitches (B, A, G), choice of note and rest values (quarter notes, eighth notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes, and accompanying rests), meter signature (4/4), and basic elements of the staff, including treble clef, measures, bar lines, double bar lines, and the correct placement of title and composer name.
Academic text (2014) -
In the treble clef, the second line represents the note G, which is above middle C.
Synonyms
A music sign that shows the note G on the second line of the staff
How High
- Archaic
- Specialized
1
6.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'treble' (high-pitched) + 'clef' (a symbol indicating pitch); together they name the clef used for higher-pitched notes (the G-clef). This is a straightforward adjectival-noun composition common across languages and thus should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Treble clef comes from an old music sign whose curly shape points to the note 'G' on the lines of sheet music. The curl wraps the second line to show 'G', and treble means 'high' while clef means 'key' or 'sign', so the mark tells players to read higher notes.