If you look at your keyboard you will notice that theres a set of two black keys followed by three black keys followed by two black keys followed by three black keys and this two three keys pattern keeps repeating. Struggling to remember which key is which on the piano. Label that one c then the second one is d.Īugustine fl teacher heather l. Placing them on keyboard first white key on the very far left is always c. One common learning strategy is to label the keys. Practically its probably worth using lightly coloured sticky labels that you can write the name of each note on and then stick either directly on each key or above it on the casing of the instrument. If you do not know the musical alphabet it is a g abcdef and g. The key before a set of two black keys is c. Shares her thoughts on the method can labeled piano keys help you learn faster. You can choose to either label them first or put them on the keys first also make sure to count how many white keys you have thats what your labeling. How To Label Your Piano Keys Youtube Click on it to see the full sized version. Heres a fully labelled piano keyboard diagram that you can use to help you label your keyboard.

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Labeling your piano keys