Editing Clef (section)

===={{anchor|french_violin_clef}}French violin clef<sup>†</sup>====
[[File:French clef with ref.svg|left|90px|French clef]]
[[File:C scale French violin clef.png|thumb|C major scale, French violin clef. {{audio|Diatonic scale on C sopranino clef.ogg|Play}}]]

A G-clef placed on the first line is called the French clef, or French violin clef. It was used in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for violin music and flute music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolmetsch Online – Music Theory Online – Other Clefs|url=http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory14.htm|website=www.dolmetsch.com|access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref> It places the notes in the same staff positions as the bass clef, but two octaves higher.

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[[File:FClef.svg|left|F-clef|40px]]