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tenor clef
A staff of five lines connected at the left end by a symbol; this symbol contains an arrow which points to the fourth line, indicating that that line is middle C (C4). This clef is sometimes used for the notation of the tenor part because it facilitates the printing of the part with minimal use of ledger lines. The tenor clef is one of the C clefs.
The tenor clef should not be confused with the vocal_tenor_clef which is a g_clef. The vocal tenor clef adds the number 8_794 below the normal g_clef symbol indicating that the indicated staff should be performed one octave lower than indicated.