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For the fruit-flavored drink, see <a href="/wiki/Hi-C" title="Hi-C">Hi-C</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/4/h/4h9jofcafob0pxssvdms9r1fvqjrjzj/4h9jofca.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/4/h/4h9jofcafob0pxssvdms9r1fvqjrjzj/4h9jofca.png" width="202" height="81" alt="{ \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" \magnifyStaff #3/2 } { \time 2/1 c'1^"c′" \clef bass c^"c" } }" /></div></div></div> <p><b>C</b> or <b>Do</b> is the first <a href="/wiki/Musical_note" title="Musical note">note</a> of the <a href="/wiki/C_major" title="C major">C major</a> <a href="/wiki/Scale_(music)" title="Scale (music)">scale</a>, the third note of the <a href="/wiki/A_minor" title="A minor">A minor</a> scale (the <a href="/wiki/Relative_key" title="Relative key">relative minor</a> of C major), and the fourth note (G, A, B, C) of the <a href="/wiki/Guidonian_hand" title="Guidonian hand">Guidonian hand</a>, commonly <a href="/wiki/Pitch_(music)" title="Pitch (music)">pitched</a> around 261.63 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">Hz</a>. The actual <a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">frequency</a> has depended on historical <a href="/wiki/Concert_pitch#History_of_pitch_standards_in_Western_music" title="Concert pitch">pitch standards</a>, and for <a href="/wiki/Transposing_instrument" title="Transposing instrument">transposing instruments</a> a distinction is made between written and sounding or <a href="/wiki/Concert_pitch" title="Concert pitch">concert pitch</a>. It has <a href="/wiki/Enharmonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Enharmonic">enharmonic</a> equivalents of B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> and D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Doubleflat.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="double flat"><img alt="double flat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Doubleflat.svg/8px-Doubleflat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Doubleflat.svg/12px-Doubleflat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Doubleflat.svg/16px-Doubleflat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="133" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></span>. </p><p>In English the term <i>Do</i> is used interchangeably with C only in the context of <a href="/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge#Fixed_do_solfège" title="Solfège">fixed Do solfège</a>; in the <a href="/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge#Movable_do_solfège" title="Solfège">movable Do</a> system Do refers to the <a href="/wiki/Tonic_(music)" title="Tonic (music)">tonic</a> of the prevailing <a href="/wiki/Key_(music)" title="Key (music)">key</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Frequency">Frequency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Frequency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, <a href="/wiki/Concert_pitch" title="Concert pitch">concert pitch</a> has varied. For an instrument in <a href="/wiki/Equal_temperament" title="Equal temperament">equal temperament</a> tuned to the <a href="/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)" title="A440 (pitch standard)">A440 pitch standard</a> widely adopted in 1939, middle C has a frequency around 261.63 Hz<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (for other notes see <a href="/wiki/Piano_key_frequencies" title="Piano key frequencies">piano key frequencies</a>). <a href="/wiki/Scientific_pitch" title="Scientific pitch">Scientific pitch</a> was originally proposed in 1713 by French physicist <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sauveur" title="Joseph Sauveur">Joseph Sauveur</a> and based on the numerically convenient frequency of 256 Hz for middle C, all C's being <a href="/wiki/Power_of_two" title="Power of two">powers of two</a>. After the A440 pitch standard was adopted by musicians, the <a href="/wiki/Acoustical_Society_of_America" title="Acoustical Society of America">Acoustical Society of America</a> published new frequency tables for scientific use. A movement to restore the older A435 standard has used the banners "Verdi tuning", "philosophical pitch" or the easily confused <a href="/wiki/Scientific_pitch" title="Scientific pitch">scientific pitch</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Octave_nomenclature">Octave nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Octave nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_C">Middle C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Middle C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Middle C" redirects here. For the novel, see <a href="/wiki/Middle_C_(novel)" title="Middle C (novel)"><i>Middle C</i> (novel)</a>.</div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <div style="margin:2px 8px 8px 4px;"><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/h/k/hkejiwa94r7hzpoht3g33ymbolalgqr/hkejiwa9.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/h/k/hkejiwa94r7hzpoht3g33ymbolalgqr/hkejiwa9.png" width="180" height="127" alt="
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" /></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Middle C centrally set on a grand staff</div></div></div> <p>Middle C (the fourth C key from left on a standard 88-key <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> keyboard) is designated C<sub>4</sub> in <a href="/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation" title="Scientific pitch notation">scientific pitch notation</a>, c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span> in <a href="/wiki/Helmholtz_pitch_notation" title="Helmholtz pitch notation">Helmholtz pitch notation</a>, and note number 60 in the <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> standard.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the expression <i>middle C</i> is generally clear across instruments and clefs, some musicians naturally use the term to refer to the C note in the middle of their specific instrument's range. C<sub>4</sub> (approximately 261.626 Hz<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) may be called <i>Low C</i> by someone playing a <a href="/wiki/Western_concert_flute" title="Western concert flute">Western concert flute</a>, which has a higher and narrower <a href="/wiki/Playing_range" class="mw-redirect" title="Playing range">playing range</a> than the piano, while C<sub>5</sub> (523.251 Hz) would be middle C. This practice has led some to encourage standardizing on C<sub>4</sub> as the definitive middle C in instructional materials across all instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the <a href="/wiki/Staff_(music)#Grand_staff" title="Staff (music)">grand staff</a>, middle C is notated with a <a href="/wiki/Ledger_line" title="Ledger line">ledger line</a> above the top line of the <a href="/wiki/Bass_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass clef">bass staff</a> or below the bottom line of the <a href="/wiki/Treble_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Treble clef">treble staff</a>. Alternatively, it is written on the centre line of a staff using the <a href="/wiki/Alto_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Alto clef">alto clef</a>, or on the fourth line from the bottom, or the second line from the top, of staves using the <a href="/wiki/Tenor_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenor clef">tenor clef</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_octaves">Other octaves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other octaves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In vocal music, the term <i>High C</i> (sometimes called <i>Top C</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) can refer to either the soprano's <a href="/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation" title="Scientific pitch notation">C<sub>6</sub></a> (1046.502 Hz; c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.05em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span> in Helmholtz notation) or the tenor's C<sub>5</sub>; soprano written as the C two ledger lines above the treble clef, with the tenor voice the space above concert A, sung an octave lower. Sometimes written with “8v” below the treble, to represent the octave (8 tones in a major scale). </p><p><i>Tenor C</i> is an <a href="/wiki/Organ_builder" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ builder">organ builder</a>'s term for <i>small C</i> or C<sub>3</sub> (130.813 Hz), the note one <a href="/wiki/Octave" title="Octave">octave</a> below middle C. In older stoplists it usually means that a <a href="/wiki/Organ_stop" title="Organ stop">rank</a> was not yet full compass, omitting the bottom octave, until that octave was added later on. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designation_by_octave">Designation by octave</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Designation by octave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation" title="Scientific pitch notation">Scientific</a> designation </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Helmholtz_pitch_notation" title="Helmholtz pitch notation">Helmholtz</a> designation </th> <th>Octave name </th> <th>Frequency (using <a href="/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)" title="A440 (pitch standard)">A 440</a> <a href="/wiki/Equal_temperament" title="Equal temperament">equal temperament</a>) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> note number </th> <th>Other names </th> <th>Audio </th></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>−1</sub></td> <td>C͵͵͵ or ͵͵͵C or CCCC</td> <td>Octocontra</td> <td align="right">8.176 Hz </td> <td>0</td> <td>Quadruple Low C (64 ft. organ pipes)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="C8.18.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/C8.18.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/C8.18.mid/C8.18.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/C8.18.mid/C8.18.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>0</sub></td> <td>C͵͵ or ͵͵C or CCC</td> <td>Subcontra</td> <td align="right">16.352 Hz </td> <td>12</td> <td>Triple Low C (32 ft. organ pipes), <a href="/wiki/Octobass" title="Octobass">Octobass</a> C</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="C16.35.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/C16.35.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/C16.35.mid/C16.35.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/C16.35.mid/C16.35.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>1</sub></td> <td>C͵ or ͵C or CC</td> <td>Contra</td> <td align="right">32.703 Hz </td> <td>24</td> <td>Double Low C (16 ft. organ pipes), Double Bass w/ either Low C Extension, 5 Strings, or in 5ths Tuning</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="C32.7.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/C32.7.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/C32.7.mid/C32.7.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/C32.7.mid/C32.7.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>2</sub></td> <td>C</td> <td>Great</td> <td align="right">65.406 Hz </td> <td>36</td> <td>Low C, <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a> C, <a href="/wiki/Eight_foot_pitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Eight foot pitch">8<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span> C</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Organ_stop#Pitch_and_length" title="Organ stop">organ pipe length</a>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="C65.41.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/C65.41.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/C65.41.mid/C65.41.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/C65.41.mid/C65.41.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>3</sub></td> <td>c</td> <td>Small</td> <td align="right">130.813 Hz </td> <td>48</td> <td>4<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span> C or Tenor C (organ), <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">viola</a> C, Tenor Middle C (Tenor Voice)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_4" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="C130.81.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/C130.81.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/C130.81.mid/C130.81.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/C130.81.mid/C130.81.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>4</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>One-lined</td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#ccf">261.626 Hz </td> <td>60</td> <td><b>Middle C</b> for Sopranos, 2 ft. organ pipes</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_5" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="Middle_C.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Middle_C.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/Middle_C.mid/Middle_C.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/Middle_C.mid/Middle_C.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>5</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>Two-lined</td> <td align="right">523.251 Hz </td> <td>72</td> <td>Treble C, Tenor High C (written an octave higher for <a href="/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor">tenor voices</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 ft. organ pipes</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_6" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-durationhint="7" data-mwtitle="Perfect_octave_on_C.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Perfect_octave_on_C.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Perfect_octave_on_C.mid/Perfect_octave_on_C.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Perfect_octave_on_C.mid/Perfect_octave_on_C.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>6</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>Three-lined</td> <td align="right">1046.502 Hz </td> <td>84</td> <td>High C (<a href="/wiki/Soprano" title="Soprano">soprano</a>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_7" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="Perfect_fifteenth_on_C.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Perfect_fifteenth_on_C.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/Perfect_fifteenth_on_C.mid/Perfect_fifteenth_on_C.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/Perfect_fifteenth_on_C.mid/Perfect_fifteenth_on_C.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>7</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>Four-lined</td> <td align="right">2093.005 Hz </td> <td>96</td> <td>Double high C<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_8" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="C2093.01.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/C2093.01.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/C2093.01.mid/C2093.01.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/C2093.01.mid/C2093.01.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>8</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>Five-lined</td> <td align="right">4186.009 Hz </td> <td>108</td> <td>Eighth octave C, triple high C</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_9" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="100" style="width:100px;" data-mwtitle="Eighth_octave_on_C.mid" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Eighth_octave_on_C.mid" type="audio/midi" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/Eighth_octave_on_C.mid/Eighth_octave_on_C.mid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/Eighth_octave_on_C.mid/Eighth_octave_on_C.mid.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>9</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>Six-lined</td> <td align="right">8372.018 Hz </td> <td>120</td> <td>Quadruple high C</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>C<sub>10</sub></td> <td>c<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.15em;">′</span></td> <td>Seven-lined</td> <td align="right">16744.036 Hz </td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Quintuple high C</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Graphic_presentation">Graphic presentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Graphic presentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg/600px-Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg/900px-Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg/1200px-Middle_C_in_four_clefs.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="55" /></a><figcaption>Middle C in four <a href="/wiki/Clef" title="Clef">clefs</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MiddleC-Keyboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/MiddleC-Keyboard.svg/600px-MiddleC-Keyboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/MiddleC-Keyboard.svg/900px-MiddleC-Keyboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/MiddleC-Keyboard.svg/1200px-MiddleC-Keyboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="152" /></a><figcaption>Position of middle C on a standard 88-key <a href="/wiki/Musical_keyboard" title="Musical keyboard">keyboard</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scales">Scales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Common_scales_beginning_on_C">Common scales beginning on C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Common scales beginning on C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C_major" title="C major">C major</a>: C D E F G A B C′</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_minor" title="C minor">C natural minor</a>: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Minor_scale#Harmonic_minor_scale" title="Minor scale">harmonic minor</a>: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Minor_scale#Melodic_minor_scale" title="Minor scale">melodic minor</a> ascending: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A B C′</li> <li>C melodic minor descending: C′ B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> G F E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> D C</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diatonic_scales"><a href="/wiki/Diatonic_scale" title="Diatonic scale">Diatonic scales</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Diatonic scales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>C <a href="/wiki/Ionian_mode" title="Ionian mode">Ionian</a>: C D E F G A B C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Dorian_mode" title="Dorian mode">Dorian</a>: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_mode" title="Phrygian mode">Phrygian</a>: C D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Lydian_mode" title="Lydian mode">Lydian</a>: C D E F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> G A B C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Mixolydian_mode" title="Mixolydian mode">Mixolydian</a>: C D E F G A B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Aeolian_mode" title="Aeolian mode">Aeolian</a>: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Locrian_mode" title="Locrian mode">Locrian</a>: C D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jazz_melodic_minor"><a href="/wiki/Jazz_scale#Modes_of_the_melodic_minor_scale" title="Jazz scale">Jazz melodic minor</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jazz melodic minor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>C <a href="/wiki/Jazz_minor_scale" title="Jazz minor scale">ascending melodic minor</a>: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A B C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Dorian_%E2%99%AD2_scale" title="Dorian ♭2 scale">Dorian ♭2</a>: C D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G A B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Lydian_augmented_scale" title="Lydian augmented scale">Lydian augmented</a>: C D E F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> A B C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Lydian_dominant_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Lydian dominant scale">Lydian dominant</a>: C D E F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> G A B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Aeolian_dominant_scale" title="Aeolian dominant scale">Mixolydian ♭6</a>: C D E F G A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Half_diminished_scale" title="Half diminished scale">Locrian ♮2</a>: C D E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Altered_scale" title="Altered scale">altered</a>: C D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> C′</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=C_(musical_note)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_key_frequencies" title="Piano key frequencies">Piano key frequencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)" title="A440 (pitch standard)">A440 (pitch standard)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_major" title="C major">C major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_minor" title="C minor">C minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Root_(chord)" title="Root (chord)">Root (chord)</a></li></ul> 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