Originally Posted by: renMiddle C is the 3 fret of the A string

Is that right? I'm just learning standard notation on the guitar so I'm not sure. But I think that middle C is actually the first fret of the B string. But guitar notation is written an octave higher as sarinaj said. So when you see a middle C in guitar notation, it's played an octave lower, like the 3rd fret of the A string.