Middle C and the Bass

[Celticstar]

@howard

Middle C is C4. It’s the 17th fret on the G string of a bass, or the fifth fret of the G string of a guitar. So that fret chart is correct for a 6-string guitar in standard tuning.

Not all charts are, I have seen some that are an octave off; apparently the chart author did not know about the transposition (or did it wrong).

Thank you @howard

The C4 notation apparently follows an ISO standard but not everybody follows that ruling.
Here is an interesting article I found regarding discrepancies in octave numbering.

Octave numbering confusion C1 C2 etc.pdf (17.7 KB)