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Clef vs Cleflike - What's the difference?

clef | cleflike |

As a noun clef

is a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff.

As an adjective cleflike is

resembling a musical clef.

clef

English

(wikipedia clef)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff

    • Derived terms

    * alto clef * bass clef * C clef * F clef * G clef * tenor clef * treble clef

    Related terms

    * clave

    cleflike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a musical clef.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 8, author=Karen Rosenberg, title=Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934). }}