middle C

English

Noun

middle C (plural middle Cs or middle C's)

1. (music) A specific musical note, particularly the note C4, at approximately 261.6 hertz, appearing at the middle of the alto staff and directly between the treble and bass staves.
2. (music) The key on a piano or other keyboard instrument corresponding to this note.

Related terms

• bass C
• high C
• low C
• treble C
• grand C

Translations

musical note, 261.626 Hz

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中央C (zhōngyāng-sēi)

• Finnish: keski-C, yksiviivainen C
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: środkowe C n
• Spanish: do central m
• Swedish: ettstrukna C

See also

• C (musical note) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia