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Middle C on your instrument
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A written note is one exact key.
The staff shows the letter and also how high. Middle C is one C, not any C.
Hear middle C, then the C above it.
Same letter, one octave apart. On the staff, the higher one sits in the third space.
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On this keyboard, middle C is the first key.
It is the C just left of the first group of two black keys.
Find both Cs, then play middle C.
The higher C is seven white keys further right.
Find middle C first, then step right: C, D, E.
The C in the third space is the higher C.
Middle C on its ledger line, the next C up in the third space: seven steps apart on the staff.
A C sits in the third space. Which key is it?
You can find middle C from the page.
What you learned
- A written note is one exact key, not any key with that name.
- Middle C is the C on a ledger line below the staff.
- The C in the third space is an octave above middle C.
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