The course › Unit 2: The notes of the keyboard
Lesson 7 of 72 · Your first white key, all over the keyboard
The white keys are named with just seven letters that repeat over and over: C, D, E, F, G, A, B… then C again.
C is always the white key just to the left of a group of two black keys. There’s one at every group: find a group of two, and C sits right against it, on its left.
Every C (in pink) is just to the left of a group of two black keys (in orange).
Did you know?: All the Cs “sound alike”, just lower or higher: it’s the same note at different heights. Listen to them climb!
Why this way: We never count keys: we find our way by the groups of black keys. That’s the approach of the Faber and Alfred methods, much faster than counting, and it works anywhere on the keyboard.
Play the C asked for. Look for a group of two black keys first.
Climb from C to C with finger 3, then come back down. Keep your hand in a dome shape as it moves.
Your two hands answer each other like bells: a high C, a low C. The right hand plays the high C, and the left hand answers with the low C, each with finger 3.