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alto clef

ˈæltoʊ klɛf
WordNet
  1. (n) alto clef
    a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Alto clef
    (Mus) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff.
Usage in literature

This example affords an instance of the rare use of the alto clef (in the last few notes). "Principles of Orchestration" by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov