alto clef in the PONS Dictionary

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The comparatively rare alto trombone primarily uses the alto clef.
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The clefs used are based on alto clef (imagining that you are playing a viola).
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The use of alto clef is usually confined to orchestral first trombone parts, with the second trombone part written in tenor clef and the third (bass) part in bass clef.
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Uses alto clef, or treble clef transposed down an octave.
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Trombone parts are typically notated in bass clef, though sometimes also written in tenor clef or alto clef.
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In scordatura, one imagines that one is playing a violin (or in some cases a viola, where alto clef is used) tuned in the normal fifths.
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I had to learn to read the alto clef and get used to the different tuning.
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Music that is written for the viola differs from that of most other instruments, in that it primarily uses the alto clef, which is otherwise rarely used.
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The term alto is also used to designate a specific kind of musical clef; see alto clef.
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