page_title: Clef
section_title: Baritone clef†
hierarchical_section_title: Clef / Individual clefs / C-clefs / Baritone clef†
caption_attribution_description: English: Diatonic scale on C, baritone C-clef.
context_page_description: A clef is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. Placed on a stave, it indicates the name and pitch of the notes on one of the lines. This line serves as a reference point by which the names of the notes on any other line or space of the stave may be determined.
  There are three forms of clef used in modern music notation: F, C, and G. Each form assigns its reference note to a line depending on its placement on the stave.
  Once one of these clefs has been placed on one of the lines of the stave, the other lines and spaces are read in relation to it.
  The use of different clefs makes it possible to write music for all instruments and voices, regardless of differences in tessitura. Because the modern stave has only five lines, it is not possible to represent all pitches playable by the orchestra with only one clef, even with the use of ledger lines. The use of different clefs for various instruments and voices allows each part to be written comfortably on the stave with a minimum of ledger lines.
context_section_description: When the C-clef is placed on the 5th line of the stave, it is called the baritone clef. It is precisely the equivalent to the other more common form of the baritone clef, an F clef placed on the 3rd line (see above).
caption: Diatonic scale on C, baritone C-clef. About this soundPlay (help·info)
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