Treble

Treble may refer to:

In music:

  • Treble (sound), tones of high frequency or range, the counterpart of bass
  • Treble clef, a symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes
  • Treble-cut or low-pass filter, which attenuates high frequencies while passing low frequencies
  • Treble (voice) or boy soprano, a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range
  • Treble (girl group), a three-piece girl group from the Netherlands
  • Treble, in change ringing, the bell with the highest pitch

In other uses:

  • Treble, to multiply by 3
  • Treble (association football), the achievement of winning three top tier trophies in one season
  • Treble (Mega Man), a character in the Mega Man video game series
  • Treble-bar, a type of moth
  • Treble Cone, a mountain and ski resort in New Zealand
  • Treble, a crochet stitch
  • Treble jig, an Irish dance
  • Treble damages, a legal term indicating triple damages as a penalty
  • Treble hook, a fish hook with three evenly spaced shanks and hooks attached to a single eye
  • Treble, a type of bet covering three selections

Famous quotes containing the word treble:

    Hortensio. Madam, my instrument’s in tune.
    Bianca. Let’s hear. O fie, the treble jars.
    Lucentio. Spit in the hole, man, and tune again.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)