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TREBLE (a doublet of " triple," three...

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 233 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TREBLE (a doublet of " triple," three-See also:fold, from See also:Lat. triplus, triple; cf. " See also:double " from duplus)  , the See also:term applied, in See also:music, to the high or acute See also:part of the musical See also:system, as opposed to and distinguished from the " See also:bass," the See also:lower or See also:grave part . The See also:middle C is the See also:practical See also:division between the parts . The word is also used as See also:equivalent to the " See also:soprano " See also:voice, the highest See also:pitch or range of the human voice, but generally it is confined to a boy's voice of this quality, " soprano " being used of the corresponding See also:female voice . The See also:treble-clef is the G-clef on the second See also:line . The origin of this application of the term " treble," triplus, threefold, to the highest voice or part is due to the fact that in the See also:early See also:plain-See also:song the See also:chief See also:melody was given to the See also:tenor, the second part to the See also:alto (discantus) and where a third part (triplum) was added it was assigned to the highest voice, the soprano or treble .

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