[linux-audio-user] midi note numbers

James McDermott jamesmichaelmcdermott at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 09:32:07 EST 2006


> 1) am I right that the midi note number goes from 0 to 127?

Yup

> 2) which note name corresponds to 0? C0? C-1?

I think the octave names are arbitrary - at least according to this:
http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/table2.html
I've seen middle C called both C4 and C5 by different software (though
I don't know whether to trust it).

> 3) which would be the correct range (in note numbers) from a 88 note
> keyboard?

Um, I guess it depends on what a piano can do... A up to C, isn't it?


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