Piano Theory Blog #1: Oct. 28th, 2019

Today, I learned about the different keys on the piano. A typical piano has 88 keys, consisting of white keys, and black keys in groups of 2 keys, then 3 keys, then 2 keys and so on in between the white keys. All the notes have note names that follow the exact same pattern on the piano. The white keys, starting with middle C (the white key to the right of the group of two black keys in the center of the piano) go up alphabetically from left to right, and are named A to G. The black keys are accidentals, which raise or lower the note on the black key by a semi-tone, or a half step. Two keys that are directly next to each other (black or white) are called semi-tones, and two keys that are a note apart from each other (black or white) are called whole tones. A key also might be called by more than one note, which are called en harmonic equivalents. I also found I diagram that explains everything that I just wrote a bit more clearly.

A diagram of the notes on the piano. The pattern stays consistent throughout the piano with the names of each key. By clicking on this image, it will lead to a website that I learned from which will explain this more clearly.