A full size piano keyboard has 88 keys which consists of 52 white keys and 36 black keys.
Today, we will be learning about the patterns and the names of these white keys. We need to know only the names of seven white keys, which are repeated throughout the keyboard.
To help us memorize the names of these white keys in relation to the their position on the keyboard, we will divide the white keys into two groups:
1. Group of three keys, and
2. Group of four keys.
The names of the keys (3) in the first group are: C, D, and E.
The names of the keys (4) in the second group are: F, G, A, and B.
Starting from the left -
The name of the first white key (on the left of any group of two black keys) is C.
The name of the first white key (on the left of any group of three black keys) is F.
See the diagram below:
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