Definition of "clefs" []

• Plural form of clef. (noun)

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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."
• "She brings to mind, of all things, a girly Dashboard Confessional, another artist enamored of ardent, beefed-up acoustic roman à clefs."
• "I told her of my problem and she quickly and non-disdainfully explained it, showed me about clefs and half steps and the like."