{"id":936,"date":"2024-06-11T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/introtomusictheory\/?post_type=chapter&p=936"},"modified":"2024-07-23T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T20:50:02","slug":"the-piano-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/introtomusictheory\/chapter\/the-piano-keyboard\/","title":{"raw":"The Piano Keyboard","rendered":"The Piano Keyboard"},"content":{"raw":"The piano keyboard is a useful tool for music theory as it provides a visual guide that can be used to discuss notes. The musical alphabet used can be visualized on the piano keyboard. The easiest way to identify the notes is to use the black keys on the keyboard as reference points. The black keys on the piano keyboard are found in groups of twos or threes, and we can use the groupings to help identify the white notes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1136\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]\"\" Figure 3.1 Piano keyboard with musical letters noted on the white keys.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"56\"]\r\n
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Exercise<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nComplete the following exercise.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"55\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

The piano keyboard is a useful tool for music theory as it provides a visual guide that can be used to discuss notes. The musical alphabet used can be visualized on the piano keyboard. The easiest way to identify the notes is to use the black keys on the keyboard as reference points. The black keys on the piano keyboard are found in groups of twos or threes, and we can use the groupings to help identify the white notes.<\/p>\n

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Figure 3.1 Piano keyboard with musical letters noted on the white keys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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