Theory: The Bach Clef

Bach used a clef that we don't see today. Most people say that the soprano clef is a clef we simply don't need at all today. But if you ever want to read Bach's keyboard music as he wrote it, you have to understand that clef. We are about to go down a rabbit hole. Beginners and intermediates will not need any of this information, but perhaps even they will find what I'm about to explain interesting.

There are five different clefs called C clefs that assign the letter C to any of the five lines in the staff. They are the soprano clef, the mezzo soprano clef, the alto clef, the tenor clef, and the baritone clef.But tonight I am only going to talk about the soprano clef.