clavicymbalum

L., clavicem’balo, I. The harpsichord. k clavicythe’rium, L. An upright harpsichord of the 13th century. Clavier (cliv-ya, F., in G. kla-fér’). 1. The key-board. 2. An old name for the clavichord. 3. ¢c. de récit. The swell manual. 4. In French use, the gamut included in the stave. 5. Vide KLAVIEP. clav’is, L. and G. 1. A) key! 2. A clef. 3. A note. 4. Handle of a bellows. clé (kla),; clef (kla), F. (In English pron. “kléf.”) A florid form of a letter, used as a symbol with a fixed note-meaning, from which it takes its name, as the so-called ‘‘c’’ clef denoting that whichever line it grips is middle C (c’). The most common clefs are the ‘‘G’? (or treble c. or clef sol, or clef descant, or violin c.) which is always seen now on the 2d line; the F. (or ba or c. de fay). (These two are those used in piano music.) The C (or clef d’ut) is used movably and is called the soprano (or German soprano) or discant c.; or the alto; or the tenor (or mean or counter-tenor) clef, according as it is placed on the first, the 3d or the 4th line, in each of which cases it marks middle C. The C clef is found in various forms and is still used in music for the ’cello and other instruments and in contrapuntal writing. The obsolete clefs are the F on the 3d line (the barytone clef), the C on the 2d line (the mezzo soprano), the G on the rst line (the French violin, or French treble clef.) clear flute. Organ-stop.