Lynn asked:
I have started learning to read music on the piano, and im having trouble understanding what key to hit on the keyboard in relation to the notes. I understand all the notes that are actually ON the staff like FACE and EGBDF, but the keys that are below and above the staffs with the lines through them i dont really understand.
My choir teacher said that the first note with the line through it on the bottom of the treble clef is middle C…..but if thats middle C than is that the same C as the C in FACE
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Put stickers with the letter names on the keys on the piano. You can probably find the stickers at like a scrapbook store.
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Middle C is going to be the lowest C (first ledger line) BELOW the treble clef. Then each line/space is another white key up (assuming there are no sharps/flats), if there is a sharp or flat, then go up or down a half step respectively.
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yes it’s the same c in face, the 2 staffs can be merged if that makes it easier for you
How to Sight Read Music
make the stickers instead though out of paper, tape them on the notes, take of for example all the a’s once you start playing more, then take off all the c’s, then d’s then g’s etc.
Learning to Read Music
There is more than 1 C. The C in face is the C one octave higher than middle C. I am not sure I understand your question.
Sight Reading Music
you should just stick to what he taught you and not go ahead.
music is a hard choice.
especially piano
ive been playing for 4 years
and it wasnt easy..
and up til now
i still need to look up
notes
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i have been playing piano for 9 years and i used to have the same trouble, piaon is hard and i can explain that to u, see there are more then one C on the piano keyboard, that C is lower then middle C, your choir teacher probably wants u to sing low then
if u need anymore piano quistions answered, im urs!
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yes, and no.
you are right they are both C’s, but one is higher octive then the other.
(the higher the octive, the higher the pitch of the note)
the lines through the notes above and below the staffs represent the notes that are too high-pitched or too low-pitched to fit on the staff.
Above the staff:
one line above the staff and through the note is an A
two lines above the staff and through the note is a C
three lines above and a line through the note is an E
and so on.
How to Sight Read Music
…no the C that your teacher is telling you is middle C and the C in FACE is the next C to the right. in between FACE are other keys these keys are eFgAbCdE the other keys between EGBDF is dEfGaBcDeF
Check out this game thing when you push a key on the piano it shows where the note is on the staff
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middle C, the one below the staff with the line through it, is 1 octave below the C in FACE, as the C in FACE is the 3rd space up inside the staff.
Yes they are the same notes, but the one in FACE sounds higher. They can be played together and they will sound very similar.
Congratulations on learning the piano, have fun!
Learning to Read Music
the middle c you are talking about is right but there are more c’s on the piano there are 88 notes on the piano so there is more c’s on the piano
i think there is 88
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The middle C is the first ledger line below the staff in the treble clef. The high C in face is the C above the middle C. The low C is the second space from the bottom in the bass cleff. The middle C in the bass cleff is the first high ledger line note above the staff in the bass clef. Now just practice, and you have to train your ear if you want to be an accomplished musician in any way, and you should be on your way.
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I play piano at a Grade 9 level.
The lines through the notes above/below the staffs are called LEDGER LINES.
The middle C is ONE OCTAVE LOWER than the C in FACE in the Treble Staff.
Imagine this: the treble and bass staffs come closer together. In the space between them, there is a single line straight across; this is MIDDLE C. One note above that is D, then E in EGBDF of the Treble Staff. One note below middle C is B, then A in GBDFA of the Bass Staff.
So really, the empty space between the 2 staffs are just there to help you differentiate between the lower and higher notes! Middle C (one octave lower than the C in FACE) is smack-dab in the middle of the 2 staffs.
hope I helped!
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I been playing the piano for seven years now and at first I didn’t understand why notes had the same names either. The two C’s are actually the same note but one is an octave higher. Which is how people with lower voice can sing a song that sounds the same as a higher voice singing it. They just sing in different octaves. I hope I helped
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(oh and putting letter on the keys is a good idea but I ruined my piano keys by putting tape on them so be careful!!!)