Pitch of C5

[Camai Bed & Breakfast]

I was in a discussion with a Canadian handbell ringer who plays Schulmerich bells B4 and C5. He insisted the pitch of the C5 is middle C on piano. He insisted that he could sing the middle C that was same as his C5 bell.

I went so far into this discussion as to put a C5 Malmark bell in his hand. He said it was octave above his C5 bell.

Besides his being wrong is there an explanation? I'm very puzzled!

Caroline Valentine
Anchorage Alaska

[F Simpson]

Canadians.



:-)




Thomas

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LOL!

jc/Greater Toronto Area

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[TimR]

On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:57:17 AM UTC-4, Caroline Valentine wrote:

I was in a discussion with a Canadian handbell ringer who plays Schulmerich bells B4 and C5. He insisted the pitch of the C5 is middle C on piano. He insisted that he could sing the middle C that was same as his C5 bell.

IIRC, middle C is C5 if you play handbells and C4 on all other known instruments. 

Yes, he can sing the middle C that he sees on his music, most males can.  I doubt he can sing the "middle C" that his bell sounds.  Don't handbells ring one octave above notated?   

[Michele Sharik - TGD]

"c4" is the name of the pitch that sounds at middle C. 

Handbells have the sounding pitch on their handles. They're just notated like piccolo - sounding an octave higher than notated. Makes it easier to read. 

So while we read C5 at the middle C position, C5 is NOT middle C. C4 is middle c. 

-Michèle 

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