![]() 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. I’ve ordered a whole heap of these and will blog about the best in due course.In this lesson, we will take a look at piano notes and keys. There’s plenty more available, just search on Sheet Music Plus for “ left hand alone” or “ right hand alone” to see the range. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.105493) …more info Method/Instruction Other Promotional Packet. Grand One-Hand Solos Books 4-6 Value PackĪrranged by Melody Bober. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.105434) …more info Grand One-Hand Solos Books 1-3 Value Pack 2012Īrranged by Melody Bober. Here’s a link to value packs of her books on offer at Sheet Music Plus: ![]() Double the value for your money and there is 6 books in the series! Each piece is fingered above for RH and below for LH – a clever way to approach this double-writing. I also discovered that one of my favourite composers for teenage students, Melody Bober, has a series of books that can be played by either hand alone called “Great One-Hand Solos”. Also, this is a great list of music for both Right and Left hand which I found during the search online. I didn’t originally know it, but IMSLP has a page for all the scores for RH alone piano. I’ve already got plenty of music for LH (and have written a previous post about some LH projects I’ve found online), which is generally a more popular genre, but had to dig around a bit more for RH music. Scales can be practised in all sorts of ways with just one hand and students can even be challenged to compose their own piece of music for the one hand they have available with some guidance and demonstration from the teacher. There’s lots of potential for one-hand sight-reading. This means that when one hand is out of action, we can totally blitz the work on the other.įor my student, we’ve concentrated mainly on phrasing in the RH and ensuring that every detail is followed in the score. So often when practising, we don’t get enough time to focus on building confidence in each hand alone (particularly the left hand for most pianists). I originally used to get a bit frustrated when a student presented at a lesson with an arm in a sling and instructions not to play for six weeks, but I’ve since learnt that it can be a really good learning experience (unless this happens just before an exam or recital!). ![]() As I was doing this, I thought a few links might be useful for other teachers or students who might come to this page via a google search for the same. One of my students broke his LH thumb the other week (footy accident!), so I began researching good music for Right Hand alone. Yup, I know my student broke his LEFT thumb… this photo credit:
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