From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
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The keyboard
From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
The keyboard
- The piano keyboard is made up of white and black keys. The black keys are grouped into twos and threes. When you go down to the left on the piano, your sounds will get lower. (piano notes) When you go up to the right, your sounds will get higher. (piano notes) We use the first seven letters of the alphabet to name the keys on the piano. And you can learn these names easily by looking at their relationship to the black keys. The easiest white key to learn is D. It's in between the group of two black keys. Find this group and then go right in the middle and you'll find D. (piano note) (piano note) From there it's easy to learn C and E. C is to the left of the two black keys and E is to the right. Now take a look at the three black key group. Here you'll find F, to the left, G and A in the middle, and then B to the right. Now you can name every white key on your piano. Now you're ready to play something on the piano. You'll put your right-hand thumb on middle C and let your fingers…
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