Dictonary and Thesaurus

Definition of C

() The keynote of the normal or \"natural\" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same.
() C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written /.
() The \"C clef,\" a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
() As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.