treble clef

High-note staff symbol

A treble clef is the musical symbol that marks the G above middle C, curling around the second line of the staff.

It's the standard clef for higher-pitched instruments and voices, and the one most people learn first when reading music.

Also called the G clef.

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sight-reading · music theory · descant · notation · violin · sheet music · pitch · key signature · lines · octave · spaces · piano · piano keys · music lesson · musical score · orchestral score · notes · time signature

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Opposites
pitch range in musical notation

treble clefbass clef

Low-pitch staff symbol

bass staff · left hand

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trouble, triple, treble, triplet, tripled, triples, tripling, trebled, trebling

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G