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bass cliff

bass cliff is the obsolete form of bass clef.

Meaning of bass clef

Noun

bass clef (plural bass clefs)

  1. A symbol showing that the second line from the top of the staff represents the F below middle C.
    Synonyms:
    F clef

Forms of bass cliff

pluralbass cliffs

Questions about bass cliff

What is bass cliff the obsolete form of?
Bass cliff is the obsolete form of bass clef.

Words near bass cliff in the dictionary

  1. bass C
  2. bass clarinet
  3. bass clarinets
  4. bass clef
  5. bass clefs
  6. bass cliff
  7. bass cliffs
  8. Bass Coast
  9. bass Cs
  10. bass drop
  11. bass drops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bass cliff (page history and authors); bass clef (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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