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What is this note

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ThatDenimExpert · 27/05/2025 19:25

I am learning to play the keyboard, completely new to it. I know this symbol is meant to be a , but I don’t understand why there’s a line going through it?

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ThatDenimExpert · 27/05/2025 19:26

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What is this note
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WitcheryDivine · 27/05/2025 19:27

The line is like a little extension to the original stave (the five lines above). So that note is a C.

MiddleAgedDread · 27/05/2025 19:27

It’s middle C on a piano / keyboard.
it has a line going through it because it’s below the standard 5 line music stave.

11811B · 27/05/2025 19:28

Middle c!

BigPinkKnees · 27/05/2025 19:28

The line is showing that it is a note on the next line down (c) - to differentiate between that and d, which wouldn’t be on a line. (Please excuse rambly non- technical terms, not a musician)

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 27/05/2025 19:28

That note is C. There are lots of notes that sit below the stave (the 5 lines) and they often need to have mini lines either going through them or sitting above them so that we can work out how far below the stave they are (and therefore which note they are).

Tiswa · 27/05/2025 19:28

Middle C neither sits on the treble or bass clefs so has its own stave line

Middleagedstriker · 27/05/2025 19:28

It's a C an octive (8 notes) lower than a middle C

MiddleAgedDread · 27/05/2025 19:29

So notes that sit on the lines are E, G, B, D, F
between the lines from the sitting below the bottom line D, F, A, C, E

Middleagedstriker · 27/05/2025 19:29

Middleagedstriker · 27/05/2025 19:28

It's a C an octive (8 notes) lower than a middle C

Actually it .might be middle C!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 27/05/2025 19:30

This may help.

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ThatDenimExpert · 27/05/2025 19:34

I have a beginners keyboard book but I am very confused by it as it doesn’t tell me everything and it didn’t explain what the line was for but now I know. Do you have any recommendations for books for beginners

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F1LandoFan · 27/05/2025 19:35

I always remember the notes in the gaps spelt out FACE, and then I used that to work out what other ones were!

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