middle C

English

Noun

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

1. (music) The musical note note C4, with a pitch of approximately 261.6 hertz in concert pitch.
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