Klarinet Archive - Posting 000878.txt from 1999/03

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] High A
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:24:47 -0500

Courtesy of Ralph Turek's "The Elements of Music" (and, I suspect, most music
theory books), the standard convention is to designate middle C as c1 (the "1"
*should* be a superscript but, as superscripts are not readily available in most
email software, some list members prefer c'). From the lowest C on a piano to the
highest C, the designations would be CC, C, c, c1 (c'), c2 (c''), c3 (c'''), c4
(c'''') and c5 (c'''''). The lowest note on the piano is AAA. The note Kirsten
refers to is thus a3 (a''').

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Larry Paikin wrote:

> Are there any standard ways of identifying notes when writing about them in
> letters like Kirstin's? E.g., is middle C written as C, or C1, and the C above
> middle C called C1 or C2, etc. And how does one identify the C below middleC,
> etc.?

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