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Meanings of G clef in English

A clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "treble clef"
        Examples for "treble clef"
        1
        She delicately scrolled her fingers around the little gold treble clef.
        Book of lost threads
        2
        Williams wore baggy pants and a platinum chain with a diamond-studded treble clef.
        The new yorker
        3
        However, the bass clef wasn't explicitly shown, only the chords above the treble clef notes.
        Wired
        4
        Joe Pillin's voice passed up into the treble clef.
        Five Tales
        5
        A large, chalked-in treble clef with stave lines running the length of the board stood behind her.
        The Irish Times
        1
        All at once their pounding hearts were pressed against their ribs like quarter-notes on a treble staff.
        Gods go begging
        2
        The customer communication company, founded by four Irish men, aims to treble staff numbers to 100 in Dublin over the next 18 months.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of G clef in English
        1
        She looked at the arrow, the rings, and the G clef.
        Ancient shores
        2
        There was also a pair of interlocking rings, and a figure that vaguely resembled a G clef.
        Ancient shores
        3
        They repeated the process with the final icon, the G clef, and returned to the control module to see the results.
        Ancient shores
        4
        As a general thing they were violinists who had failed-'therefugees of the G clef,' as Edouard Colonne, the eminent conductor, once wittily said.
        Violin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers
        5
        Telephone lines were tangled with wooden frames and torn paper, like broken G clefs and smeared glissandos.
        The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth