Where is Middle C?

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Where is Middle C?

by Jim
(Hope Mills, NC)

I'm a novice with respect to pianos, keyboards, etc. I want to learn, but have this question about my recently purchased 61-key EZ-200: Where is middle c?

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Where is Middle C?

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Dec 18, 2009
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Middle C
by: Dick Rector

Hi Jim,

First of all you have to know that the C-key (any C-key) is the white one BEFORE two black ones.
The middle C(or CENTRAL C) therefore is the white one before two blacks in the MIDDLE of your keyboard or piano, you can't miss it.
A 61 key - keyboard has 5 OCTAVES, that is 5 times from C to C.
The most LEFT is a C-key and the highest is a C-key as well. A OCTAVE runs from C to B (C-D-E-F-G-A-B and than C again etc.) These are all WHITE keys!
The black keys, that is a HALF tone UP (and on sheetmusic they show that with a # sign) are called CIS-DIS-FIS-GIS-AIS.

Hey Jim amigo, nice to have you here on the forum and don't hesitate if you have questions, always somebody out there who knows an answer.

Have great fun with your new keyboard. Soon you will spend more time 'investigating' the tons of possibilities than on anything else.

Regards
Dick Rector
Bali (Indonesia)

Dec 19, 2009
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Middle C on the Yamaha EZ-200
by: Jim

Following post transfered here by moderator. You shouldn't have started a new topic.

I received and answer as to where the middle c key is on the EZ-200 keyboard - the white key to the left of two black keys in the middle of the keyboard.

Well, the EZ-200 has two c keys at equal distances from the true middle (where the "Yamaha" logo is positioned) of the keyboard. I'm going to assume that the lower c is the middle c.

Please be more specific and exact with the next answer.

Dec 28, 2009
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MIDDLE C
by: Anonymous

Hi Jim
To anwser your question for a 61 note keyboard, your middle is the third C from the left hand side of your keyboard. The first note on the left hand side of the keyboard is C, so count that as one, then go up two more and you'll have it.

Middle C on a keyboard is generally the dividing point of where you would most likely play with your right and left hand.

Middle C on sheet music is on a line between the Treble staff and Bass staff.

Good luck and have fun playing.

dipip

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