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Piano Keyboard Diagram – Piano Keyboard Layout

A piano keyboard diagram is shown and explained below. This section will help you better understand
the layout of a piano keyboard.

Let’s rst of all take a look at an unlabeled piano keyboard layout, i.e. without the note names. The one shown
in the rst piano keyboard layout  has two octaves, a total of 24 notes. In an 88 key piano, there are 36 black
keys and 52 white keys. 76 key keyboards come with 31 black keys and 45 white keys, 61 key keyboards come
with 25 black keys and 36 white keys, while 49 key keyboards have 20 black keys and 29 white ones.
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Someone new to the piano may feel overwhelmed when they rst take a look at its keys. “How do I remember
so many notes?” But as we shall see later it is very simple to understand. Hint: repetition. Highly Recom-
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Here’s a simple piano keyboard diagram (below this paragraph). The white keys are all labeled. If you look
closely, you will realize that the same note names are being repeated over and over. These notes are A, B, C, D,
E, F and G. Whether it’s a 49, 61, 76 or 88 key keyboard, this is the note pattern of a piano.

In the piano keyboard layout immediately below this paragraph, I have ventured to add a more complete piano
keyboard diagram. As you will see, both the black and white keys have been named. As for the black keys, they
each have two note names. There’s D-Flat (or C-Sharp), E-Flat (or D-Sharp), G-Flat (or F-Sharp), A-Flat (or G-
Sharp) and B-Flat (or A-Sharp).
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To help you better understand sharps (♯) and ats (♭), let’s nd out what a semitone is. A semitone is also
called a half step or half tone and is the smallest interval used in Western music. It is the distance between two
notes which are next to one another in pitch. So the distance between C and C-Sharp is one semitone, the dis-
tance between D and D-Sharp is one semitone and the same can be said for the distance between A and A- at.

What is the note that is one semitone higher than C? The answer is C-Sharp. What is the note that is one semi-
tone higher than D? The answer is D-Sharp. Let’s go the other way around. What is the note that is one semi-
tone lower than D? The answer is D-Flat. One semitone lower than E? It’s E-Flat.

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A whole tone means a distance of two semitones, i.e. the distance between two notes which are separated by
one other note in pitch. For instance, C and D, D and E, and F and G are each one whole tone apart.Recom-
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A piano comes with a 12 note pattern. This can be seen in the piano keyboard diagram above. While there are
many notes on a piano, it’s really 12 notes being repeated over and over. On an acoustic piano it is repeated
over 7 times. We see in our piano keyboard layout above that the 12 notes are C, C-Sharp (D-Flat), D, D-sharp
(E-Flat), E, F, F-Sharp (G-Flat), G, G-Sharp (A-Flat), A, A-Sharp (B-Flat), and B. Take a look at the piano keyboard
chart below. It consists of the 12 notes of a piano or music keyboard.

To better understand the piano keys layout see how the black keys on a piano are grouped together in groups
of two’s and three’s. Do you notice how many groups of two’s there are? How about the groups of three’s?

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You will also notice that the note C always comes before the group of 2 ats (or sharps), while F always comes
before the group of 3 ats (or sharps). On a 49 key keyboard, there are 5 C’s, on a 61 and 76 key keyboard there
are 6 C’s, and there’s 8 on an 88 key keyboard.
 The rst note on a 49 key keyboard is C and the last note is C.
The rst note on a 61 key keyboard is C and the last note is C.
The rst note on a 76 key keyboard is E and the last note is G.
The rst note on an 88 key piano is A and the last note is C.

If you have an 88 key piano ( nd diagram here), look at your piano keyboard layout and nd middle C. Middle
C lies in the exact center of your keyboard. The location of this note is very important to remember when learn-
ing to play the piano.The piano keyboard diagram below shows the various piano notes C, D, E, F, G, A and B.
There’s a treble clef, a bass clef and a grand sta . Notice that the “C” in the treble clef and the “C” in the bass
clef are the same note. This is the point where they cross and meet on the Grand Sta . It is known as Middle C.

Piano Keyboard Keys Layout – 49 Key Piano Keyboard Notes

The following is the layout of notes on a 49 key piano keyboard.

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Piano Keyboard Keys Layout – 61 Key Piano Keyboard Notes

The following is the layout of notes on a 61 key piano keyboard.

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