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middle C definition

middle C

  1. the musical note on the first ledger line below the treble staff and the first above the bass staff
  2. the corresponding tone or key

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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