How to Play the Piano
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The first thing you need to do before starting to learn how to play the instrument is to learn the names of the seven musical notes: do (C), re (D), mi (E) , fa (F), sol (G), la (A) . (Notice on the picture how each of these notes is on a white key).
The other keys of the instrument shall be taken up by the same 7 notes. The only difference is that this group of 7 shall repeat itself, in different octaves going from the highest-pitched to the lowest-pitched notes:
The black notes on the keyboard
The notes can also be played with alterations. In other words, we can add a semitone or remove a semitone from them. When we remove a semitone, the note is then considered flat and, when a semitone is added, the note is known as sharp.
The symbols used for these alterations are: ♭, in the case of flat, and ♯, in the case of sharp. On the keyboard, we shall give names to five flat and sharp combinations:
Do♯ or Re♭ (C♯ or D♭)
Re# or Mi♭ (D# or E♭)
Fa# or Sol♭ (F# or G♭)
Sol# or La♭ (F# or A♭)
La# or Si♭ (A# or B♭)
These five changes, as above, are nothing else than the black notes of the instrument.
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