![]() The black keys, that is a HALF tone UP (and on sheetmusic they show that with a # sign) are called CIS-DIS-FIS-GIS-AIS. A OCTAVE runs from C to B (C-D-E-F-G-A-B and than C again etc.) These are all WHITE keys! The most LEFT is a C-key and the highest is a C-key as well. ![]() The middle C(or CENTRAL C) therefore is the white one before two blacks in the MIDDLE of your keyboard or piano, you can't miss it.Ī 61 key - keyboard has 5 OCTAVES, that is 5 times from C to C. It's all about pitch.įirst of all you have to know that the C-key (any C-key) is the white one BEFORE two black ones. Another example: it's the very first note on the recorder when all 8 holes are covered, again this is C3. The pitch of the true middle C is always C3 and is always the same on any instrument no matter what size or range of keys. It’s always the same story: To pianists the middle C always appears to be C4 because of their position in relation to the instrument, which is ridiculous. when talking about the middle C (I’ve heard quite a few silly things over the years): “It’s closest to the middle of your instrument, it’s closest to your belly button when sitting at the middle (as if size of the instrument has got anything to do with pitch) or it’s the tone, the C you can match with your voice.” These statements are totally irrelevant a lot of pianists seem to confuse physical position and other rubbish, with pitch. So the middle C note sits immediately between the 2 clefs, in the middle of both.Ībout the physical position of the pianist, e.g. 5 lines above and 5 lines below the 6th line where the true middle C is situated (11 lines in total). ![]() In Music Notation the middle C (C3) is exactly centred on the 6th line between the bass clef and the treble clef i.e. When playing C4 on a standard 88 keys piano the note we would be hearing is C4 which is an octave above the middle C (C3). All pianists will usually tell you that the middle C is C4 which is not correct.
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