Every key, when pressed, produces a musical note to which we give an alphabetical name. Just for now, we're only concerned with one of these notes: C. There are, in fact, quite a number of Cs on the keyboard; wherever there's a group of two black keys, the white key immediately to the left of the first black key is always a C (see diagram). Put your right hand out, find each of the C keys on your keyboard starting at its left end, and moving upwards and press them down, one after the other, with a finger or thumb. Those
nearest the bottom of the keyboard will be lower in pitch, and as you
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notes, going downwards (towards C) as well as upwards. Remember to keep your hands arched as you play the notes. Having mastered the exercise, you need to be able to put names to all the notes comprising it; once you've done this, you can follow instructions telling you how to combine them (and other notes you haven't encountered yet) into a proper melody, not merely an ascending and descending sequence of pitches. You're already familiar with C: the white note immediately above it in the exercise is called D, and the next three white keys are, predictably enough, named E, F and G. Beyond G, however, are two white notes you haven't had to use yet, and the name of the first of them may cause some confusion: it isn't H, as you might have expected, but A. To its immediate right is (you guessed it!) B; and the following note is, logically enough, C. This won't come as a surprise to you, as you already know, from pages 22-23, that the C key is |
Playing the piano is widespread in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment. It is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although a piano is usually expensive and not easily mobile, the instrument's natural sound has been transmitted by radio and replicated by cheaper electronic keyboards, making it familiar to such a large audience that today the piano is noted for its versatility. |
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