How to Play Middle C on the Piano
Look at the black colored keys of the keyboard., Find the group of five black keys right in the middle of the keyboard (or at least, the group that is almost in the middle for smaller keyboards)., Find the group of two black keys in the group you...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Look at the black colored keys of the keyboard.
You'll find they're organized in groups of twos and threes.
That is, two black keys with one white key in between them, then, going right, two adjacent white keys, then three black keys with one white key between each one and the next, then again, two adjacent white keys, and the pattern repeats again. -
Step 2: Find the group of five black keys right in the middle of the keyboard (or at least
The five keys must be ordered as two keys group then three keys group, not the other way around. ,, -
Step 3: the group that is almost in the middle for smaller keyboards).
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Step 4: Find the group of two black keys in the group you located in the previous step.
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Step 5: Middle-C will be the white key immediately below (to the left of) the first black key of the two keys you found in the previous step.
Detailed Guide
You'll find they're organized in groups of twos and threes.
That is, two black keys with one white key in between them, then, going right, two adjacent white keys, then three black keys with one white key between each one and the next, then again, two adjacent white keys, and the pattern repeats again.
The five keys must be ordered as two keys group then three keys group, not the other way around. ,,
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