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tenor cliff

tenor cliff is the obsolete form of tenor clef.

Meaning of tenor clef

Noun

tenor clef (plural tenor clefs)

  1. a musical clef that is higher than the bass clef and lower than the alto clef where the A that is a third lower than middle C is the center line

Forms of tenor cliff

pluraltenor cliffs

Questions about tenor cliff

What is tenor cliff the obsolete form of?
Tenor cliff is the obsolete form of tenor clef.

Words near tenor cliff in the dictionary

  1. tenor banjoist
  2. tenor banjoists
  3. tenor banjos
  4. tenor clef
  5. tenor clefs
  6. tenor cliff
  7. tenor cliffs
  8. tenor drum
  9. tenor drummer
  10. tenor drummers
  11. tenor drums

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