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alto clef [klef] N MUS

альто́вый ключ m

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The clefs used are based on alto clef (imagining that you are playing a viola). en.wikipedia.org

Music that is written for the viola differs from that of most other instruments, in that it primarily uses the alto clef, which is otherwise rarely used. en.wikipedia.org

I had to learn to read the alto clef and get used to the different tuning. www.independent.co.uk

Uses alto clef, or treble clef transposed down an octave. en.wikipedia.org

The term alto is also used to designate a specific kind of musical clef; see alto clef. en.wikipedia.org

The comparatively rare alto trombone primarily uses the alto clef. en.wikipedia.org

Trombone parts are typically notated in bass clef, though sometimes also written in tenor clef or alto clef. en.wikipedia.org

In scordatura, one imagines that one is playing a violin (or in some cases a viola, where alto clef is used) tuned in the normal fifths. en.wikipedia.org

The use of alto clef is usually confined to orchestral first trombone parts, with the second trombone part written in tenor clef and the third (bass) part in bass clef. en.wikipedia.org

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