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4. The abbreviation F stands for F sharp double F raised two semitones forte (loud); ff or fff, forti imo (very by means of a double or S£ loud). sharp; the same tone as G. F clef F sharp major A character, evolved from the letter The major key whose F, placed at the head of the staff to signature is six sharps. indicate the position of f, that is, the F sharp minor F five tones below middle C. The two dots following it are on each side The ureminor sign at whose; Fshan>major key sharps is three $M of the line which represents F. The relative to the key of A F clef is now placed only on the fourth major. line of the staff and is __j_ „.„ fa (fa) It. and Fr. n. called the ba clef. *$■- or W- The name applied to the or Prior to the Eighteenth Century * it was also written on the third and fifth lines, tone F in France and Italy. The fourth of the syllables used in naming the v. St and was known as the barytones. ofr the., scale. in." the., r sharp minor tone, and ba o profundo Are tin i an system. In the fixed do clef, respectively. i?W«n - system it always stands for F. In the F double flat ' movable do system it is the fourth F lowered two half-steps by means tone of any major scale. Spelled fah of a double flat; same tone as E flat. in the Tonic Sol-fa system. Formerly F double sharp fa was applied to any flatted note. F raised two semitones by means of a double sharp; the same tone as G. fa Fbemol flat. (fa ba-mol') Fr. It.