Clef Chart Poster – Treble, Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Bass Clefs with Note Names
Five Clefs, One Pitch Axis
The Table of Clefs Poster from MusicDiagrams.com places treble, soprano, alto, tenor and bass clef on a single pitch axis, so you can see how each one maps the same notes onto a different set of lines. Middle C sits at the top of the chart with its own heavier guide line, and every other pitch hangs from a dashed line that runs down through all five staves.
Follow One Line, Read Five Clefs
Pick any dashed line and trace it from the treble staff down to the bass staff. In every clef it lands on the same pitch, appearing once on a line, once in a space, or once below the staff. That is exactly the confusion the chart is built to remove. Reading alto clef in a string quartet part and then tenor clef in a bassoon part stops being two separate memorization jobs and becomes one picture.
A C-to-C note-name row across the bottom labels each pitch, so you can name what you are looking at without counting up from a landmark.
What's on the Poster
- All five clefs: treble, soprano, alto, tenor and bass, stacked and aligned
- Full range covered: from the lowest C in bass clef to the highest C in treble clef
- Dashed guide lines linking the same pitch across every clef
- Middle C marked at the top with a heavier line as the anchor point
- Note names printed underneath — C D E F G A B across the full width
- Large serif title and bold clef labels readable from the back of a classroom
- Landscape layout on a clean white background, sized for walls and bulletin boards
Who It's For
- Viola, cello and bassoon players moving between alto, tenor and bass clef
- Trombone and euphonium players reading tenor clef in orchestral parts
- Music teachers who need one clear visual for explaining why clefs exist
- Theory students connecting a clef to a pitch instead of memorizing mnemonics per staff
- Choir singers meeting soprano clef in older vocal scores
- Composers and arrangers checking transposition at a glance
Why the C Clefs Are Worth Learning
Alto and tenor clef never went away: they are standard in orchestral, chamber and wind writing, and soprano clef still turns up in historical editions. In all three, the clef symbol curls around middle C, which is why one chart covering every clef teaches more than five separate diagrams ever will.
Printed on demand in three sizes: 12" x 18", 20" x 30" and 24" x 36".
*Frame Not Included
More details
- Paper thickness: 0.26mm
- Paper weight: 189 g/m²
- Opacity: 94%
- ISO brightness: 104%
EU GPSR Product Information:
- Manufacturer contact information
- Name: MusicDiagrams
- Email: contact@support.shop.musicdiagrams.com
- Postal address: PO Box 5696 Santa Monica, CA 90405
- Additional information: This product is made for adults. Meets the small parts and magnetic flux index level requirements. 2 year warranty in EEA and UK, established by Directive 1999/44/EC.
Quality Guarantee & Returns
- Quality is guaranteed. If there is a print error or visible quality issue, we'll replace or refund it.
- Because the products are made to order, we do not accept general returns or sizing-related returns.
