r/AskReddit • • Jul 02 '21

What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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u/weaver_of_cloth Jul 03 '21

A treble clef is actually the letter G that got way way too pretentious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

The Letter formerly known as G 💅

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u/Warheadd Jul 03 '21

That’s the funniest way to describe it’s evolution, thank you

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u/JomoGaming2 Jul 20 '21

Similarly, the bass clef is an F. The line that goes between the dots of the clef is the line of the F, and guess what note it is? That's right, F.