The MIDI note numbers 0 to 127 map to musical notes as shown in the following tables. Note that although most manufacturers label this range as C-2 to G8, with middle C being C3 (as I have here), you may come across some manuals that describe this range as C-1 to G9 (with middle C being C4).
The first table lists the MIDI note numbers, in hexadecimal (base 16).
Middle C is highlighted.
Note | Octave | ||||||||||
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-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
C | 00 | 0C | 18 | 24 | 30 | 3C | 48 | 54 | 60 | 6C | 78 |
C# / Db | 01 | 0D | 19 | 25 | 31 | 3D | 49 | 55 | 61 | 6D | 79 |
D | 02 | 0E | 1A | 26 | 32 | 3E | 4A | 56 | 62 | 6E | 7A |
D# / Eb | 03 | 0F | 1B | 27 | 33 | 3F | 4B | 57 | 63 | 6F | 7B |
E | 04 | 10 | 1C | 28 | 34 | 40 | 4C | 58 | 64 | 70 | 7C |
F | 05 | 11 | 1D | 29 | 35 | 41 | 4D | 59 | 65 | 71 | 7D |
F# / Gb | 06 | 12 | 1E | 2A | 36 | 42 | 4E | 5A | 66 | 72 | 7E |
G | 07 | 13 | 1F | 2B | 37 | 43 | 4F | 5B | 67 | 73 | 7F |
G# / Ab | 08 | 14 | 20 | 2C | 38 | 44 | 50 | 5C | 68 | 74 | – |
A | 09 | 15 | 21 | 2D | 39 | 45 | 51 | 5D | 69 | 75 | |
A# / Bb | 0A | 16 | 22 | 2E | 3A | 46 | 52 | 5E | 6A | 76 | |
B | 0B | 17 | 23 | 2F | 3B | 47 | 53 | 5F | 6B | 77 |
Or in decimal, if you prefer.
Note | Octave | ||||||||||
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-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
C | 0 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 96 | 108 | 120 |
C# / Db | 1 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 73 | 85 | 97 | 109 | 121 |
D | 2 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 50 | 62 | 74 | 86 | 98 | 110 | 122 |
D# / Eb | 3 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 51 | 63 | 75 | 87 | 99 | 111 | 123 |
E | 4 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 64 | 76 | 88 | 100 | 112 | 124 |
F | 5 | 17 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 65 | 77 | 89 | 101 | 113 | 125 |
F# / Gb | 6 | 18 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 66 | 78 | 90 | 102 | 114 | 126 |
G | 7 | 19 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 67 | 79 | 91 | 103 | 115 | 127 |
G# / Ab | 8 | 20 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 68 | 80 | 92 | 104 | 116 | – |
A | 9 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 69 | 81 | 93 | 105 | 117 | |
A# / Bb | 10 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 70 | 82 | 94 | 106 | 118 | |
B | 11 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 71 | 83 | 95 | 107 | 119 |