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In that system, middle C (the first ledger line above the bass staff or the first ledger line below the treble staff) is C4. An octave higher than middle C is C5, and an octave lower than middle C is C3.
- Is middle C c0 or C1?
- What is C below middle C?
- What is octave below C?
- What is the value of a middle C?
Is middle C c0 or C1?
The lowest C on the keyboard (the third white note from the end) is called C1. From there, each C to the right increases by one, so next we have C2, then C3. Then comes middle C, or C4 (those two names are interchangeable).
What is C below middle C?
The C notes immediately below and above middle C are called Bass C and Treble C respectively. The next lower and higher C keys are called low C and high C. The C keys after that don't have a name. Each octave range on a piano has a name. The middle-C key is the lowest note in the one-lined octave.
What is octave below C?
There is actually an international standard here: called International Pitch Notation (IPN), it labels Middle C as C4. An octave above Middle C is C5, an octave below Middle C is C3, etc.
What is the value of a middle C?
The name given to the note that has the pitch value of 261.63 Hz. It is the note on the ledger line halfway between the bass and treble clef on the great staff.
