![]() The note C is too far down to be written on the stave – it has fallen off the bottom! We draw a short, horizontal line through the note head, as a kind of extension of the stave. Middle C is the note that appears on the line between the two staves in a grand staff. Where does middle C sits on the grand staff? Our C is on the middle C ledger line, D is just below the first line of the staff, E is on the first line, F is in the first space, and G rests on the second line. The first five notes we played with our right hand are found in the bottom half of the treble staff. In music notation, middle C is the tone represented by a note on the first ledger (leger) line below the treble clef or the first ledger line above the bass clef. On a 49 key keyboard, it’s the 15th white key. On a 61-key keyboard, it’s the 15th white key. The very first note on a 76-key is an E (E1). Middle C on a 76-Key Keyboard A keyboard with 76 keys has a total of six C’s middle C is the third C from the left. The middle C note is written on a ledger line below the treble staff and above the bass staff. On the grand staff, the middle C note is placed between the two clefs. Where is the middle C located on the grand staff? An octave higher than middle C is C5, and an octave lower than middle C is C3. In that system, middle C (the first ledger line above the bass staff or the first ledger line below the treble staff) is C4. ![]() The Middle C sits on a ledger line (an extension of the stave written just for one note). This is shown in the first and last notes of the musical example below. When writing Middle C in music notation it is just below the stave when using the treble clef and just above the stave when using the bass clef. The middle C (highlighted in blue) is the C nearest to the exact middle of the piano. Since the keyboard has 88 keys, this is between key 44 and 45 (red arrow in figure). To find the middle C on an 88 key piano or keyboard, look for the exact middle of the keyboard.
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