| TABLATURE | Alter tuba out of tune with musical notation (9) |
| JEWSHARP | In Paris I was initially out of tune with musical instrument (4,4) |
| TUBULAR | Such bells almost rule tuba out (7) |
| TUGBOAT | Got tuba out in vessel |
| TETRAD | Quartet's cover of tune with musical style |
| GLISSANDI | Lad sings out of tune with one's fast scales (9) |
| SFORZANDO | Musical notation to playa note with sudden, strong emphasis (9) |
| CELESTIALSPHERE | Cheerless Pilate out of tune with the realms above |
| INDUSTRIALISED | Adult insider is out of tune with developed manufacturing sector (14) |
| ALLABREVE | Priest in Lincoln follows entire musical notation (4,5) |
| TENORCLEF | Musical notation whose symbol resembles a 3 |
| SIGHTREAD | Interpret musical notation spontaneously |
| LEADSHEET | Bare bones musical notation |
| UNRAVEL | Sort out middle of tune with the composer (7) |
| STAVES | Archaic plural of an Old English word for "walking-stick" that is used to mean slats of barrels/tubs or sets of lines for musical notation (6) |
| SCORES | Incised lines; notches in tallies; sets of 20; or, from an old practice of connecting related staves by lines on a page, sheets of musical notation (6) |
| TAB | Versatile word with meanings including an aerofoil, a bill, a cigarette, a collar insignia, a dose of LSD, a flap, a fob, a loop of a theatrical curtain, the drape itself, musical notation, a pill, a |
| TIMESIGNATURE | Musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure (4,9) |
| CLEF | Musical notation written at the start of a piece of music (4) |
| BRACES | Suspenders with which to support one's trousers; pairs of partridges or other game birds; "curly" punctuation marks; or, accolades in musical notation (6) |
