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A backwards-C figure with two dots, fixing the fourth line of the staff as the F below middle C.
Also known as: F clef, Backwards C with two dots, Ear symbol music
The bass clef is a stylised letter F. Its two dots sit above and below the line it names, which is the detail that tells a reader which line is F.
Fixes the fourth line up from the bottom of the staff as the F below middle C.
Contexts: Music
Places its two dots either side of that line, so the clef states which line it means rather than relying on position alone.
Contexts: Music
Descends from a written letter F, in the same way the treble clef descends from a G.
Contexts: Music
A thick curved stroke beginning with a filled dot at the upper left and sweeping down and left like a reversed letter C, with two smaller dots stacked to its right.
The other half of the grand staff.