Section “slur” in Music Glossary - LilyPond

Chapter 1: Musical terms A-Z 15
1.54 church mode
ES: modo eclesiástico, I: modo ecclesiastico, F: mode ecclésiastique, D: Kirchentonart, NL:
kerktoonladder, DK: kirketoneart, S: kyrkotonart, FI: moodi, kirkkosävellaji.
See also
Section 1.81 [diatonic scale], page 22.
1.55 clef
ES: clave, I: chiave, F: clé, clef, D: Schlüssel, Notenschlüssel, NL: sleutel, DK: nøgle, S: klav, FI:
avain, nuottiavain.
The clef indicates which lines of the staff correspond to which pitches. The three clef symbols
in common use are:
The Treble or G clef:
The Bass or F clef:
The Alto or C clef:
Imagine a large staff of 11 lines centered on middle C, sometimes called a ‘grand staff’, with
the bottom line representing low G and the top line high F:
g, b, d f a c' e' g' b' d''
Staves of five lines are usually used, and the clef superimposed on them indicates which five
lines have been selected from this ‘grand staff’. For example, the treble or G clef indicates
that the top five lines have been selected:
g, b,
d
f
a
c'
e'
The ‘curl’ of the G clef is centered on the line that represents the pitch G.
In the same way, the bass or F clef indicates that the bottom five lines have been selected
from the ‘grand staff’, and the alto or C clef indicates the middle five lines have been selected.
This relationship is shown below, where the notes show an arpeggio on a C major chord.
g'
b'
d''
f''
f''