At the top of every score, and the beginning of every stave, repeated on every line, is a symbol that, to seasoned musicians, becomes so familiar as to be invisible. The humble but mighty clef. Clef ...

The Grand Staff. Treble Clef on upper staff; Bass Clef on lower staff (image: wikipedia) The curving flourishes of music notation have always been something a mystery to me, although every day I, like ...

I am a tenor/countertenor singer with a normal range from G (first line, bass clef) to two Ds above middle C. When I had a sore throat for a few days I lost my upper notes but could easily sing great ...