query

[Richard Moody]

Hi Tony
	Yes MC is Middle C.  
	And I think it is time to agree on how the notes should be expressed
when on the internet. (ie using ASCII)   There is a system that uses
small and capitol letters and "accents" to name the notes.  This
system shows middle C as    c'          However the    '    can get
lost, but I have seen  c1 that makes better sense, the 1 standing for
the  '       Anyhow the  c'   "system" uses  c' for middle C, and  c
for the octave below. and C for the octave below that.  Of course for
the octave above middle C  it is c''   but again I think c2 is
clearer, at least on a computer screen.  
	I think some variation of this system is better in that all
keyboards would have the same nomenclature, not just the piano. 
(where A4 ((American Accoustical Society))is A440 even though it is
the fifth A on the modern piano keyboard)
	I believe a notation of c1 for Middle C and   c   for the octave
below and C the octave below that and C1 the octave below that and so
on might be more useful, and in accordance with the organ tradition
that is almost 1000 years old, and at the same time accomodating
keyboards such as synthesizers, midi systems, 2 and 3 manual
keyboards, harpsichords, clavichords, bass pedals, etc, etc.    
	So, quick, what is A440??   Hmm it is in the octave of c1, so must
be a1.  So what is A220?  That is in the octave of  c   so it would
be a.   and what then would be A110?  That would be A.   and A55?
that would be A1, and the lowest note on the piano keyboard, (other
than Bosendorfer) would be A2.  and the A below that, (as used in
midi) would be A3 .

Richard Moody

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> From: Amrotek@aol.com
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: query
> Date: Friday, August 01, 1997 7:54 AM
> 
> Hello rm
> 
> When you refer to M C, do you mean to indicate middle C or what?
> 
> Tony Arguello
> Amro Music
> Memphis, TN