Cello open C

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Pitch and register

The sounding C2 in this example maps to MIDI 36. In 12-tone equal temperament at A4 = 440 Hz, its frequency is about 65.41 Hz.

These examples use sounding pitch with middle C = C4 = MIDI 60. One octave spans 12 note numbers. String examples assume standard tuning.

Example

Sounding pitch / MIDI note number · C2 / 36

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Which value would you check first if a DAW labels the octave differently?

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References

Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom

Subject-expert review pending.