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Piano

Piano#

Piano Basics#

https://www.key-notes.com/blog/piano-key-chart

https://spinditty.com/learning/chord-building-for-musicians

Keys#

  • Keys are not notes
  • Sharps and flats are not the black keys. All black keys are either a sharp or flat, but not all sharps and flats are black keys
    • e.g. E# is a white key

Black Keys#

  • half notes

White Keys#

  • pure notes

Notes#

  • each next key is half note higher than the prev one

Type#

  • pure/natural ♮
  • flat ♭
    • half notes low
  • sharp ♯
    • half notes up

Observations#

  • there is no sharp of B
  • there is no sharp of E

Octave#

  • C (white key before 2 black) to next C (8 keys in total) are called octave

Types#

  • middle octave (middle one)
  • higher octave (right one)
  • lower octave (left one)

Notes Practice#

Chords#

Types#

  • Major (3rd, 5th)
  • Minor (2nd, 5th)
  • 7th (If 4th finger used)

Observation#

  • all 3 fingers on alternate white keys gives: CM,Dm,Em,FM,GM,Am,BM...
  • minor chords gives sadness most of the time
  • major chords gives happiness most of the time

How to find chords#

(based of notes) - if a song starts from C, then most probably the sca -