clef

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It is not signed by Chopin, but the handwriting includes his distinctive bass clef.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

There is no more quotable novel about Hollywood than Carrie Fisher’s roman à clef, “Postcards From the Edge.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

The story quoted a few skeptics—among them the writer Harry Monaghan, who’d written a well-received roman à clef five years prior, and who had a regular column in the Post.

From Slate • May 27, 2023

Long was Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 roman à clef, “All the King’s Men.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022

Voices and instruments with higher ranges usually learn to read treble clef, while voices and instruments with lower ranges usually learn to read bass clef.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones