Editing Clef (section)

===={{anchor|tenor_clef}} Tenor clef====
[[File:Tenor clef with ref.svg|left|90px|Tenor clef]]
[[File:C scale tenor clef.png|thumb|C major scale, tenor clef. {{audio|Diatonic scale on C bass clef.ogg|Play}}]]

A C-clef on the fourth line of the staff is called tenor clef. It is used for the [[viola da gamba]] (rarely, and mostly in German scores; otherwise the alto clef is used) and for upper ranges of bass-clef instruments such as the bassoon, cello, euphonium, double bass, and [[tenor trombone]]. Treble clef may also be used for the upper extremes of these bass-clef instruments. [[Tenor violin]] parts were also written in this clef (see e.g. [[Giovanni Battista Vitali]]'s Op.&nbsp;11). It was used by the tenor part in [[vocal music]] but its use has been largely supplanted either with an octave version of the treble clef or with bass clef when tenor and bass parts are written on a single staff.

[[File:Far Above Cayuga's Waters 1906.png|thumb|right|Male chorus arrangement showing use of ladder-shaped C-clef.]]

Another tenor clef variant, formerly used in music for [[TTBB|male chorus]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blood |first1=Brian |title=Other Clefs |url=https://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory14.htm |website=Dolmetsch Online |access-date=May 9, 2023}}</ref> has a ladder-like shape. This C-clef places the C on the third space of the staff, and is equivalent to the [[#Octave clefs|sub-octave treble clef]]. See also [[#History|History]].
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