Fear of a black key?… Don't be afraid. Adding flats and sharps to your music will give it a new lease of life.

The piano is a favorite instrument for experienced musicians and beginners alike, but it has changed in the digital age. Approximately 234,000 digital pianos were sold in 2021, a 24% increase from ...

With 88 keys, a full-size piano keyboard might look intimidating, but it’s really just the same group of 12 notes – or octave – repeated seven times, with a few extra thrown in at the top. Step 2: If ...

Here’s how it works. The white piano keys are known as the natural keys, because they sound a natural note as opposed to the sharps and flats of the black notes, which we’ll explain in the next ...

Most pianos have 88 keys. And most great piano music comes from the middle of the keyboard -- only rarely do the player’s fingers venture onto the tinkly keys at the top of the keyboard, or the ...

In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...

There are other, smaller keyboards or synthesizers that have fewer keys – most come in increments of 25, 32 ... piano with 88 keys has 52 white keys. The white keys are the natural notes.