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The same can be said of D sharp and E flat. So D flat and C sharp are enharmonic equivalents. When keys play more than one note, the notes are called enharmonic equivalents. For example, the key that plays D flat can also play C sharp. A better way to put this is that one piano key can play more than one note. The piano diagram above shows the various piano notes that piano keys usually correspond to.Įarlier, we saw that a piano key has more than one note name. This is important to understand especially when one is learning to read music, as well as musical scales.

Keys aren’t actually called C, D, E, F, G, etc.

Strictly speaking piano keys don’t really have names. Each key of the piano can represent several notes. In reality piano notes and piano keys are not the same. What we’ve talked about so far is really a simplified approach to looking at piano notes. After B flat (Bb), the next black key plays C sharp (or D flat), D sharp (or E flat) and so on. As is the case with the white piano keys, the pattern keeps repeating. Then we move to F sharp (F#) or G flat (Gb), G sharp (G#) or A flat (Ab) and lastly A sharp (A#) or B flat (Bb). The next black key is called D sharp (D#) or E flat (Eb). This key can also be called D flat (Db) because it is one key to the left of D. Once again, what is the key to the immediate right of C called? The answer is C sharp (C#). Flat is represented by the symbol, ♭ or b. D flat is a half step (or semitone) lower than D. For instance, D flat means to play the key that is to the immediate left of D. Flat suggests that you should play the key that is to the immediate left of a key. In simple terms, flat means to go lower or to move to the left on your keyboard. Sharp is represented by the symbol, ♯ or #. C sharp is a half step (or semitone) higher than C. For instance, C sharp means to play the key that is to the immediate right of C. Sharp suggests that you should play the key that is to the immediate right of a key. Simply put, sharp means to go higher or to move to the right on your keyboard. How about the black keys? What are their names? Or to be a bit more precise, what notes do they play? Like the white keys, the black keys are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet except for the fact that they can be either sharp or flat. Simply move in alphabetical order to G, A, B, C, D, E and back to F. Now that you’ve found F, it’s easy to label the other white keys. Every key before a set of three black keys on your piano keyboard plays the note F. C-D-E-F-G-A-B are called naturals because they contain no sharps or flats which we shall learn more about later.į is located before a set of three black keys. You can continue going to C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and so on until you run out of keys. You will notice that we went back to the start of the alphabet. keep going in alphabetical order to F, then G, followed by A. Now that you know where C is located, it’s easy to find the other notes. These are the notes of the entire musical alphabet. These notes are (obviously) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Piano notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet. In sheet music, middle C is the note halfway between the bass clef and the treble clef. Middle C is not exactly in the middle of the keyboard, but it’s the centermost C. The C which is below your chin plays the note, middle C. How do you find middle C on the 88 key piano? Sit at the center of your piano. Highly Recommended: Click here for the BEST piano/keyboard course I’ve come across online.Īs a beginner, there is an important note that you should know. Every white key that comes immediately before a set of two black keys plays C.

There are several C notes on your keyboard. In other words, the key that is to the immediate left of a set of two black keys plays the note, C. What key plays the note, C on your keyboard? C is played with the white key that comes immediately before a set of two black keys. The first note we shall find is the note, C. The same applies to every piano keyboard. It’s a pattern of two black keys followed by three black keys, followed by two black keys, followed by three black keys and so on. Do you see the pattern of the black keys? If you look closely, you will notice that the black keys follow a pattern of twos and threes. Take a look at the unlabeled piano keyboard diagram above. This includes 88-key, 76-key, 61-key, 49-key and other keyboards. I will show you how easy it is to label all the keys of your keyboard, no matter how many it has. You will learn the notes which correspond to the white piano keys as well as the black ones. In this lesson, we will take a look at piano notes and keys.