Being familiar with the names of the piano keys is very important when you are learning the piano.
Resist the temptation to write the names of the keys on the piano in marker pen! Learning them is far better in the long run.
The white keys on the piano are named after the first 7 letters of the alphabet - A to G.
A is the very first note on the piano.
The second is B, the third is C and so on.
When you reach G, what happens next? The whole pattern repeats itself.
Here are 2 landmark notes on the piano.
C is the white key to the left of the 2 black keys.
F is the white key to the left of the 3 black keys.
Quick tip - "F is the First of the Three".
There are 2 sets of white keys with NO black key in between.
They are B and C, E and F.
Quick tip - "Black Cats Eat Fish.
" There are only 5 different black keys on a piano.
They are named from the white keys that they lie between.
Any black key has 2 possible names.
The one that lies between A and B can be called A sharp or B flat.
The one that lies between C and D can be called C sharp or D flat.
The word sharp in music means "go up one step.
" The word flat in music means "go down one step.
" Quick tip - "a FLAT tyre has gone DOWN!"