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The viola, to make it easier for the viola player aka the violist to read music on the staff.

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What is the string instrument that normally uses the alto clef?

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What is the alto clef used for?

The only instrument that uses the Alto Clef is the Viola these days. But on Grade 3 piano theory you need to learn the Alto Clef.


What instruments use the alto clef?

Viola uses the alto clef.


What string instruments uses the alto clef?

Viola does-- if u know how to read treble its not that hard just add one... ex. on treble the center line is B on alto clef just add one letter from the alphabet-- the middle line is C. if you play viola its pretty simple too because Middle C is Literally on the Middle! - im an orch dork (:


What is the most common to use an alto clef?

The Viola, coming between violin and cello in voice, uses the alto clef, which is a rarely used clef.


Which woodwind instrument uses alto clef?

None, actually. With transposition, most woodwinds read in treble, while a few read bass. Sometimes bassoons use tenor clef.


Are there any C clefs besides the alto clef and the tenor clef?

It's a movable clef that can theoretically be positioned anywhere, but alto and tenor clefs are the two primary uses of it.


What clef is used to read music by middle range instruments?

The viola uses the Alto clef. This clef is sometimes called the C clef.


What instrument most often uses the C-clef?

The G clef is also known, more commonly, as the treble clef. Some of the instruments which use the treble clef are flute, clarinet, french horn, oboe, violin, trumpet, and saxophone.


Which woodwind instrument sometimes uses the tenor clef?

Tenor clef does of course exist, and can be used by bassoon.


What clef does a piccolo trombone play in?

Instruments don't play in clefs--people do. In the orchestral world, we trombonists are expected to play in Treble, Alto, Tenor, & Bass clefs on a regular basis. Jazz world is mostly Treble & Bass, though occassionally I've seen Tenor there as well.


What string instrument does not look like a string instrument?

Piano (uses hammers to strike the strings). Harpsichord (uses mechanisms to pluck the strings)