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The piano is the instrument that most naming schemes come from.

They all stem from middle C.

Because of that the name of the register changes at the Cs.

We have approached this a little differently. We all under stand Low G or Low C. (Even though it does not follow the other naming schemes.)

We all also understand High C (above the staff).

That leaves us with the notes starting on 2nd line G up to B below High C. Unfortunately the notes from G on the second line up to B below High C have NO common name. Middle C or 3rd space C is the exception.

The register normally changes at the Cs. But since we already call the G below the staff Low G that leaves no name for the 2nd line G. (People often refer to middle C but not middle D, E, F, G, A or B. That is because we broke a rule in naming Low G.

Therefore we say 2nd line G, G on top of the staff, 4th space E ect.

The Highs go from High C 2nd ledger line above the staff up to B 5th ledger line above the staff.

The Double register starts with Double High C on top of the 5th ledger line above the staff.

The piano standard is VERY OLD. The ITG voted and adopted this standard. It is the biggest group of trumpet players in the world and is supported by colleges. The college community adopted that standard shortly after.

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Low C is 1 ledger line below the staff.

Middle C is in the third space of the staff.

High C is 2 ledger lines above the staff.

Double High C is on top of the 5th ledger line above the staff.

Triple High C is 9 ledger lines above the staff.

Quadruple High C is on top of the 12th ledger line above the staff.

These are the names that trumpet players and groups like the International Trumpet Guild have given these notes.

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Harvard Dictionary of Music (HD) (14th printing, 1962)

...admits the UNFORTUNATE lack of uniform practice in naming octaves, and displays three systems:

I've summarized using the following scheme:

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The C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 labeling is a way of naming these notes.

C1 is the lowest C and C8 is the highest note on an 88-key piano.

This is the system Korg tuners use.

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Piano talk;

starting with lowest C on the piano...

Contra C (C1; CCC)

Great C (C2; CC)

Small C (C3; C) 2nd space C in bass staff

One-line C (C4; c') Middle C on piano (low C on trumpet)

Two-line C (C5; c'') 3rd space in treble staff (middle C on Trumpet)

Three-line C (C6; c''') (High C on trumpet)

Four-line C (C7; c'''') (Double High C on trumpet)

Five-line C (C8; c''''') (Triple High C on trumpet)

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The ITG Journal uses HD#1 (as have most people, apparently) where middle C is "one-line C" or c' (I had previously called this c-prime, as I have heard said.)

So for trumpet

Low C is C'

Middle C is C''

High C is C'''

Double high C is C''''

Triple high C is C'''''

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There is NO highest note on trumpet. The ranges is only limited by the players embouchure and air control.

Super c sometimes also called double high c. That is 1 octave over high c.

The G above double c is the highest note recorded (so far) that has enough harmonics present to claim to be a real note. It is 2 octaves above the g on top of the staff.

Triple high c is 2 octaves over high c. (Never recorded as a clean note.)

Quadruple High c is 3 octaves over high c it is never a note.

For 99% of the high note players the highest NOTE (these have fullness and tone quality) is B under double high c. There are some that can play double high c as a note. There are of course recordings of e's, f's & g's above that. The problem here is that I heard the same player hit pitches at some times and play notes at other times.

So to say that g over double high c is a note is clearly stretching. It is sometimes a note.

I judge them against the true trumpet range.

Clint 'Pops' McLaughlin

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