sub-bass clef



[Eng.]

A old version of the F-clef that locates the F below middle C on the fifth line. It reads the same as the treble clef transposed down 2 octaves. This was used as late as the mid-1700s by J. S. Bach.

See also [Eng.] sub-bass clef; [Eng.] contrabass clef; [Fr.] clé de fa 5e (f); [Fr.] clef de fa 5e (f); [Ger.] Subbassschlüssel (m); [It.] chiave di basso profondo (f); [Sp.] clave de fa en quinta (f). Also [Eng.] F-clef; [Fr.] clef de fa (f); [Ger.] F-Schlüssel (m); [It.] chiave di basso (f).

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