The MIDI protocol identifies notes using a 7-bit number. Below are the musical notes and their corresponding MIDI note number.
Octave numbering is not standardized. Therefore, “C4″ on one device may correspond to “C5″ on another.
| Musical Note | Note Number (decimal) |
Note Number (hex) |
|---|---|---|
| C(-1) | 0 | 00 |
| C#(-1) | 1 | 01 |
| D(-1) | 2 | 02 |
| D#(-1) | 3 | 03 |
| E(-1) | 4 | 04 |
| F(-1) | 5 | 05 |
| F#(-1) | 6 | 06 |
| G(-1) | 7 | 07 |
| G#(-1) | 8 | 08 |
| A(-1) | 9 | 09 |
| A#(-1) | 10 | 0A |
| B(-1) | 11 | 0B |
| C0 | 12 | 0C |
| C#0 | 13 | 0D |
| D0 | 14 | 0E |
| D#0 | 15 | 0F |
| E0 | 16 | 10 |
| F0 | 17 | 11 |
| F#0 | 18 | 12 |
| G0 | 19 | 13 |
| G#0 | 20 | 14 |
| A0 | 21 | 15 |
| A#0 | 22 | 16 |
| B0 | 23 | 17 |
| C1 | 24 | 18 |
| C#1 | 25 | 19 |
| D1 | 26 | 1A |
| D#1 | 27 | 1B |
| E1 | 28 | 1C |
| F1 | 29 | 1D |
| F#1 | 30 | 1E |
| G1 | 31 | 1F |
| G#1 | 32 | 20 |
| A1 | 33 | 21 |
| A#1 | 34 | 22 |
| B1 | 35 | 23 |
| C2 | 36 | 24 |
| C#2 | 37 | 25 |
| D2 | 38 | 26 |
| D#2 | 39 | 27 |
| E2 | 40 | 28 |
| F2 | 41 | 29 |
| F#2 | 42 | 2A |
| G2 | 43 | 2B |
| G#2 | 44 | 2C |
| A2 | 45 | 2D |
| A#2 | 46 | 2E |
| B2 | 47 | 2F |
| C3 | 48 | 30 |
| C#3 | 49 | 31 |
| D3 | 50 | 32 |
| D#3 | 51 | 33 |
| E3 | 52 | 34 |
| F3 | 53 | 35 |
| F#3 | 54 | 36 |
| G3 | 55 | 37 |
| G#3 | 56 | 38 |
| A3 | 57 | 39 |
| A#3 | 58 | 3A |
| B3 | 59 | 3B |
| C4 “Middle C” |
60 | 3C |
| C#4 | 61 | 3D |
| D4 | 62 | 3E |
| D#4 | 63 | 3F |
| E4 | 64 | 40 |
| F4 | 65 | 41 |
| F#4 | 66 | 42 |
| G4 | 67 | 43 |
| G#4 | 68 | 44 |
| A4 | 69 | 45 |
| A#4 | 70 | 46 |
| B4 | 71 | 47 |
| C5 | 72 | 48 |
| C#5 | 73 | 49 |
| D5 | 74 | 4A |
| D#5 | 75 | 4B |
| E5 | 76 | 4C |
| F5 | 77 | 4D |
| F#5 | 78 | 4E |
| G5 | 79 | 4F |
| G#5 | 80 | 50 |
| A5 | 81 | 51 |
| A#5 | 82 | 52 |
| B5 | 83 | 53 |
| C6 | 84 | 54 |
| C#6 | 85 | 55 |
| D6 | 86 | 56 |
| D#6 | 87 | 57 |
| E6 | 88 | 58 |
| F6 | 89 | 59 |
| F#6 | 90 | 5A |
| G6 | 91 | 5B |
| G#6 | 92 | 5C |
| A6 | 93 | 5D |
| A#6 | 94 | 5E |
| B6 | 95 | 5F |
| C6 | 96 | 60 |
| C#7 | 97 | 61 |
| D7 | 98 | 62 |
| D#7 | 99 | 63 |
| E7 | 100 | 64 |
| F7 | 101 | 65 |
| F#7 | 102 | 66 |
| G7 | 103 | 67 |
| G#7 | 104 | 68 |
| A7 | 105 | 69 |
| A#7 | 106 | 6A |
| B7 | 107 | 6B |
| C8 | 108 | 6C |
| C#8 | 109 | 6D |
| D8 | 110 | 6E |
| D#8 | 111 | 6F |
| E8 | 112 | 70 |
| F8 | 113 | 71 |
| F#8 | 114 | 72 |
| G8 | 115 | 73 |
| G#8 | 116 | 74 |
| A8 | 117 | 75 |
| A#8 | 118 | 76 |
| B8 | 119 | 77 |
| C9 | 120 | 78 |
| C#9 | 121 | 79 |
| D9 | 122 | 7A |
| D#9 | 123 | 7B |
| E9 | 124 | 7C |
| F9 | 125 | 7D |
| F#9 | 126 | 7E |
| G9 | 127 | 7F |