RE: [Harp-L] Re: Why is C not named A?

["Isabelle Knight" <iknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a very complete, if rather complicated, explanation of this
question at dolmetsch online, under the paragrah entitled Why Middle C?

http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory1.htm#middlec

I can't say I totally understand it, but the answer, in a nutshell, is that
it evolved from another notation rather than being created from scratch.
Hence not as logical as it might be.

Isabelle