alto clef

1. 1.

   a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff

   Synonymsviola clef

   Broaderclef

Questions about alto clef

What does alto clef mean?

alto clef means "a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff".

What is another word for alto clef?

Close synonyms include viola clef. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alto clef a common word?

alto clef is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.