The alto clef is used for the viola and alto trombone, and sometimes the countertenor voice and occasionally on piano music. It can also be called the C clef or the viola clef. The alto clef is placed on the third and middle line of the stave If you look at the first opening page of music for Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles, you can see that the alto clef is used for the viola. Both the alto and tenor clefs are the same, they look like a B in fancy writing.

This example is from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and is written with the correct notes on the alto clef. It sounds different because it is for instruments playing middle notes such as the viola. The music looks very similar to the treble clef music, but it sounds different. This is because we are in the Alto clef. The first note is a A because there is a alto clef and the note is on the second line up on the stave. We also know that the third note is a E because we are still in the alto clef and it is on the fourth line up which means it is a E.

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