Most musicians today learn to read treble and bass clef and that's it. But there are many more clefs that are and have been used in music. Viola players will be familiar with alto clef, and tenor clef is occasionally used for high passages on instruments like cello. In the Renaissance and Baroque eras, a variety of other clefs were in common use as well, and many of the scores you will find online for this music will use the soprano and other clefs. In this video post, I demonstrate my process for reading and even sight-singing in a clef I am not very familiar with, by following the line horizontally.

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