Editing Clef (section)

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

The only F-clef still in use is the bass clef, with the clef placed on the fourth line. Since it is the only F-clef commonly encountered, the terms "F-clef" and "bass clef" are often regarded as synonymous.

Bass clef is used for the [[cello]], [[Bass (instrument)|double bass and bass guitar]], [[bassoon]] and [[contrabassoon]], [[bass recorder]], [[trombone]], [[tuba]], and [[timpani]]. It is used for [[baritone horn]] or [[euphonium]] when their parts are written at concert pitch, and sometimes for the lowest notes of the [[French horn|horn]]. [[Baritone]] and [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] voices also use bass clef, and the [[tenor]] voice is notated in bass clef if the tenor and bass are written on the same staff. Bass clef is the bottom clef in the [[grand staff]] for [[harp]] and [[keyboard instrument]]s. Double bass, bass guitar, and contrabassoon sound an octave lower than the written pitch; some scores show an "8" beneath the clef for these instruments to differentiate from instruments that sound at the actual written pitch (see "Octave clefs" below).
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