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Record 1 2010-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

A movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff.

OBS

On the bottom line it becomes the soprano clef, on the middle line the alto clef, and on the third line above the bottom the tenor clef.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

Il y a en musique trois sortes de clés qu'on nomme clé de do (ut), clé de sol et clé de fa. Les clés de do sont au nombre de quatre [...] On les nomme clés de do parce que chacune d'elles donne le nom de do à la note qui se trouve sur la ligne de la clé.

Spanish

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