# Ask your musical questions here!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-your-musical-questions-here/385808>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 27, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-your-musical-questions-here/385808 "2006-12-27T23:46:17Z")\
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> [@cmyk](#):
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> • I’ve seen the music staff with the G-Clef, and one with a Bass Clef. Sometimes the former is above the later… what’s the “middle note” between these two staffs… or is there really no difference, and it’s just based on octaves or the instrument being used.

The middle note between the treble staff and the bass staff is called “Middle C”. It engulfs the ledger line. It’s one ledger line below the treble staff and one above the bass staff. I suspect that’s why it was named “middle C”.

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