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  • noun Plural form of clef.

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  • Pitches represented by lines and spaces of a staff, the higher the line, the higher the pitch represented, signs called clefs at the beginning of each staff making clear the pitch names of the lines and spaces.

    Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • These are only used by comic artists (Kavalier & Clay), lawyers (Dewey, Cheatham & Howe), and people who mistake them for treble clefs.

    Happy, National Punctuation Day?.!!,()& Alexandra Petri 2010

  • She brings to mind, of all things, a girly Dashboard Confessional, another artist enamored of ardent, beefed-up acoustic roman à clefs.

    Album review: Taylor Swift, "Speak Now" Allison Stewart 2010

  • Her fingers walked paisley roads, treble clefs, commas.

    Oh, Cardinal Directions! christopher cocca 2011

  • Freshome Posté le 02.04.10 par spasmody | partager Mots-clefs: années 60, bureau Boomerang, fibre [...]

    Wall Mounted Desk Office 2010

  • I told her of my problem and she quickly and non-disdainfully explained it, showed me about clefs and half steps and the like.

    Central Coast Gregorian Workshop, California 2009

  • Answers welcome here, in the comments box. mettre la clef sous la porte clefs en main clé à bougie la clef des champs livre à clef* clef de fa une clé de sol mis sous clé mot-clé clé

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Answers welcome here, in the comments box. mettre la clef sous la porte clefs en main clé à bougie la clef des champs livre à clef* clef de fa une clé de sol mis sous clé mot-clé clé

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Answers welcome here, in the comments box. mettre la clef sous la porte clefs en main clé à bougie la clef des champs livre à clef* clef de fa une clé de sol mis sous clé mot-clé clé

    clef - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • There have also been some fairly famous Roman a clefs in America, Valley of the Dolls perhaps being the most famous.

    Am I Missing Something? 2008

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