Members feedbacK Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 Comparing a piano to a guitar...where's "middle C" on a guitar? 2nd string, 1st fret or 5th string, 3rd fret??? Thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassmantele Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by feedbacK Comparing a piano to a guitar...where's "middle C" on a guitar? 2nd string, 1st fret or 5th string, 3rd fret??? Thx! Second string. It's written an octave above for convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MinorBlues Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 A string, 3rd fret Bottom E String, 8th fret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poparad Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by MinorBlues A string, 3rd fretBottom E String, 8th fret The guitar is a transposing instrument. In concert pitch, that's actually an octave lower and is the 2nd space C in bass clef. The reason guitar is transposed is because if it weren't, you'd be either reading a lot of ledger lines or constantly switching between two clefs, or reading two staves like a piano. The solutution is to just write guitar parts up an octave so it all fits within the treble clef staff. When you're talking about concert pitch, i.e. the actual sounding pitch, it's the 1st fret B string/5th fret G string/10th fret D string/etc. So if you're reading music that isn't written for guitar, you'll probably be playing it higher up the neck since it's not transposed. Written middle C for guitar is 3rd fret A string/8th Fret low Estring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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