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The G clef, or treble clef, evolved from early music manuscript that used two lower case letter G's to identify the space and line on the staff where the note G could be written. The top loop of the modern Treble Clef is the remnant of the small letter g that identified the space on top of the staff where G5 is located. The modern Treble Clef also contains what looks to be a capital letter G. This part of the symbol is the result of an evolution of the original lower case g that indicated the position of G4 on the staff. The descending tail of the modern Treble Clef is the remnant of the descending loop of the lower case g.

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