viola clef

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsalto clef

   Broaderclef

Questions about viola clef

What does viola clef mean?

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

What is another word for viola clef?

Close synonyms include alto 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 viola clef a common word?

viola clef is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.