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Chuck Martin wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:58:57AM -0800, Brad Fuller brad-at-sonaural.com |LAU| wrote:

>

>> That's right. According to the MIDI Detailed Spec (version 4.2) on page

>> 10, MIDI note 60 is Middle C.

>> This is the fourth C on the piano, and traditionally known as C4 (261Hz)

>> on the piano. However, I've seen apps refer to middle C as C3, C4, and C5.

>> Crazy.

>>

>

> I believe it depends on the instrument.  On the piano, C1 is the first

> C, which makes middle C C4.  On a pipe organ, however, which generally

> has 61 notes on each keyboard, C1 is the first C on the keyboard, which

> puts middle C at C3 which an 8' stop, which is the standard footage

> when counting notes.  I guess from what others have said, Yamaha uses

> the pipe organ numbering (which makes sense on most synthesizers with

> five octave keyboards), while others are using the piano numbering.

>

Well... I was really going to say "pianoforte", but decided against it

as I figured people would figur I was too anal ;-)

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