Does anyone know how to read the clef that looks like a ladder? I play bassoon and we got an old orchestra piece with that clef on it and I don`t know how to read it. If anyone can help me, please do.

Thats another way that the draw the tenor cleff sign. tenor cleff looks like a backwards three. how it works is that the note which is usually the middle F becomes a high C
-C-

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So in this case (F) is the same thing as (C)

-C-
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---F-------------------
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Sorry the first one didnt come out right

Thats wrong, you`re reffering to bass clef. Tenor clef is:

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--middle c--------
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And I`m not even a bassoonist

Thanx so much 4 the info. I think I can figure out the rest. Anytime i can help, e-mail me. Ta Ta.

lol he put down the bass clef and said to put the C where F usually is... haha... was a strange diagram though...

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----(high C)-------------
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Sorry i made a mistake. no big phucking deal. the point got across either way.

actually now that i looked at my own thing i did it just how i ment it to look the first time. i was trying to show where (c) and (f) where and saying that F=C. so basically where you see the (F) you replace it with the (C) that is generally at the top.