USE THIS SITE TO REVIEW THE NAMES OF THE
WHITE AND BLACK KEYS ON THE PIANO:
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THE KEYBOARD IS A MUSICAL PATTERN OF
7 WHITE KEYS CALLED "NATURALS"
and
5 BLACK KEYS CALLED "SHARPS" and "FLATS"
IN THE PATTERN THERE ARE 12 KEYS ALTOGETHER
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BLACK KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD FALL IN PATTERNS OF THREE'S AND TWO'S
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THE LETTER NAMES OF THE MUSICAL ALPHABET
ARE GIVEN TO THE WHITE KEYS
THESE 7 MUSICAL ALPHABET LETTERS ARE "A B C D E F and G"
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LOOK AT THE PATTERNS FORMED BY THE BLACK KEYS
TO HELP LOCATE THE WHITE KEYS
THE WHITE KEY INBETWEEN THE BLACK KEYS
IN GROUPS OF TWO IS NAMED "D"
THE MUSICAL ALPHABET MOVES FORWARD
AS THE WHITE KEYS GO TO THE RIGHT
THE MUSICAL ALPHABET MOVES BACKWARDS
AS THE WHITE KEYS MOVE TO THE LEFT
SO:
THE WHITE KEY JUST TO LEFT OF THE "D" KEY IS NAMED "C"
MIDDLE "C" IS THE "C"
LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE KEYBOARD
MIDDLE "C" IS CONSIDERED THE STARTING
OR REFERENCE NOTE ON THE KEYBOARD
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AGAIN:
THE MUSICAL ALPHABET IS A PATTERN OF
SEVEN WHITE KEYS
THE PATTERN IS REPEATED
THROUGHOUT THE KEYBOARD
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THE BLACK KEYS ARE CALLED SHARPS AND FLATS
THE BLACK KEYS TAKE THEIR NAMES FROM THE WHITE KEYS
A BLACK KEY LOCATED TO THE RIGHT
OF ITS NEIGHBORING WHITE KEY
IS CALLED A "SHARP" AND NAMED AFTER THAT WHITE KEY
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A BLACK KEY LOCATED TO THE LEFT
OF ITS NEIGHBORING WHITE KEY
IS CALLED A "FLAT" AND NAMED AFTER THAT WHITE KEY
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ALL BLACK KEYS HAVE TWO NAMES:
A SHARP NAME and A FLAT NAME
(NOTES THAT SOUND THE SAME
but HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES
ARE CALLED "ENHARMONIC EQUIVALENTS")
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