Note bass clef looking like “double” middle C
I have a question about a note on a piano sheet (picture below).
How would I play the note highlighted by the golden circle? I thought only middle C would be marked by a horizontal line crossing it. Would I play this C + D? Is there any reason for the upper note having a horizontal line crossing it as well?
Thanks for any input.
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I have a question about a note on a piano sheet (picture below).
How would I play the note highlighted by the golden circle? I thought only middle C would be marked by a horizontal line crossing it. Would I play this C + D? Is there any reason for the upper note having a horizontal line crossing it as well?
Thanks for any input.
piano
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I have a question about a note on a piano sheet (picture below).
How would I play the note highlighted by the golden circle? I thought only middle C would be marked by a horizontal line crossing it. Would I play this C + D? Is there any reason for the upper note having a horizontal line crossing it as well?
Thanks for any input.
piano
I have a question about a note on a piano sheet (picture below).
How would I play the note highlighted by the golden circle? I thought only middle C would be marked by a horizontal line crossing it. Would I play this C + D? Is there any reason for the upper note having a horizontal line crossing it as well?
Thanks for any input.
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This is actually two individual pitches.
The bottom pitch, as you've correctly said, is middle C. The upper pitch is on the next ledger line up, meaning it's a third above C, and actually an E. (If it were a D, there would be no second ledger line necessary, since D is just one space above that middle C.)
So in order to play this beat, you need to play both C and E simultaneously.
Thanks for your input!
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This is actually two individual pitches.
The bottom pitch, as you've correctly said, is middle C. The upper pitch is on the next ledger line up, meaning it's a third above C, and actually an E. (If it were a D, there would be no second ledger line necessary, since D is just one space above that middle C.)
So in order to play this beat, you need to play both C and E simultaneously.
Thanks for your input!
– Leonore
3 hours ago
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This is actually two individual pitches.
The bottom pitch, as you've correctly said, is middle C. The upper pitch is on the next ledger line up, meaning it's a third above C, and actually an E. (If it were a D, there would be no second ledger line necessary, since D is just one space above that middle C.)
So in order to play this beat, you need to play both C and E simultaneously.
Thanks for your input!
– Leonore
3 hours ago
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This is actually two individual pitches.
The bottom pitch, as you've correctly said, is middle C. The upper pitch is on the next ledger line up, meaning it's a third above C, and actually an E. (If it were a D, there would be no second ledger line necessary, since D is just one space above that middle C.)
So in order to play this beat, you need to play both C and E simultaneously.
This is actually two individual pitches.
The bottom pitch, as you've correctly said, is middle C. The upper pitch is on the next ledger line up, meaning it's a third above C, and actually an E. (If it were a D, there would be no second ledger line necessary, since D is just one space above that middle C.)
So in order to play this beat, you need to play both C and E simultaneously.
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