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Octave Registers. Getting Your Musical Bearings. Musical Pitch. Western Music designates 12 distinct pitches within an octave (when we arrive at the original pitch at a higher level Pitches are assigned letter names We use clefs to designate placement on the staff for each pitch.
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Octave Registers Getting Your Musical Bearings
Musical Pitch • Western Music designates 12 distinct pitches within an octave (when we arrive at the original pitch at a higher level • Pitches are assigned letter names • We use clefs to designate placement on the staff for each pitch
The Layout of the Keyboard • The keyboard lays out the pitches using black and white keys • White keys are given a single letter name (A-G) • Black keys are designated as either sharp (1/2 step above) or flat (1/2 step below)
Octave Register Numbers • To distinguish between pitches of the same name that occur in different octaves, we assign each octave a number, always beginning with the note “C” C5-B5 C1-B1 C2-B2 C6-B6 C7-B7 C3-B3 C4-B4 C8 A0-B0
Important Points • Octave 1 begins with the first “C” on the piano • The notes below the first C are designated as “A0”, “A#0”, “B0” • There are 7 full octaves on an 88-key piano • The highest note on the piano is a C, designated as “C8” • Middle C is “C4” (Think of dynamite)
