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Middle C   /mˈɪdəl si/   Listen
Middle C

noun
1.
The note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz.





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"Middle C" Quotes from Famous Books



... The finger holes are disposed in a geometrical division, and the mechanism and position of the keys are entirely different from what had been before. The full compass of the Boehm flute is chromatic, from middle C to C, two octaves above the treble clef C, a range of three octaves, which is common to all concert flutes, and is not peculiar to the Boehm model. Of course this compass is partly produced by altering the pressure of blowing. Columns of air inclosed in pipes vibrate like strings in sections, ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 819 - Volume XXXII, Number 819. Issue Date September 12, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Middle C" :   note, musical note, tone


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