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Miranda (Make tea! Yes, Cissdur, it's still me) Started conversation Oct 14, 2002
The bass clef is certainly the most common one in cello music, and indeed the tenor clef (not to be confused with the violists' alto clef) is used to write high notes, but in fact you will often find the treble clef used as well - on very high notes! The cello has a particularly large range...
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Miranda (Make tea! Yes, Cissdur, it's still me) Posted Oct 14, 2002
Oh, and I forgot to thank you for a very good entry! 
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markgaltrey Posted Feb 18, 2003
To be honest, tenor clef is used as least as much as bass in the solo and orchestral repertoire, if not more...
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Miranda (Make tea! Yes, Cissdur, it's still me) Posted Feb 19, 2003
True, at least when you move above 4th position or so. When teaching my pupils to read the tenor clef, I tell them "It's a string higher than it looks"! That usually works...
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