David Wayne Lawrence
Free Piano By Ear Lesson
Course Outline
PIANO-BY-EAR LESSON #2
In order to play the piano, you need to know the names of the notes. With the notes you will form chords, which you will play songs with. Therefore, the most important part of this course is knowing the note names.
The keyboard contains only 12 notes: 5 black notes and 7 white notes. The white notes are the only named notes on the keyboard, and they are located by their relationship to the black notes as follows:
A - To the right of the Center black note
G - To the left of the Center black note
B - To the right of the group of 3
F - To the left of the group of 3
C - To the left of the group of 2
E
- To the right of the group of 2
D - In the center of the group of 2
Allow others to test your knowledge of where these notes are. Many people are handicapped because they count up from middle C. You must learn each note independent of the others, only dependent on the groups of 2 or 3 Black Notes for directions. Whatever method of recognition you use to find the notes, will be the same method you will use to find chords.