Tag: keys

Master the Art of Transposition

Transposition is a very essential aspect of music every piano/keyboard player should understand. Transposition is the transfer of same music idea (Chords, Scales etc) from one key to another. You may recollect that we learned the song “How Great is Our God” in the key of C; however, sometimes you may want to learn the […]

Number System & Scale Degrees

Each note in a specific key has a number assigned to it based on its position. In the key of C Major C is 1 D is 2 E is 3 F is 4 G is 5 A is 6 B is 7 So it is safe to say F is the fourth tone of […]

Intervals

I know the topic you see is not what you expected. Just Relax it’s all for a reason. You can’t properly understand what the Major Scale is and how to create major scales including the C Major Scale I just taught you without knowledge of Musical Intervals. Interval in music is the distance between two […]

Keys & Notes

In the last article, it was noted that no matter how large a Piano Keyboard is it will always have a particular repetitive set of 12 visually unique keys. Remember we have 12 months in the Calendar anytime you want to remember, we have 12 visually unique keys. These 12 Keys can be categorized based […]

Piano/Keyboard Overview

The Piano keyboard is a musical instrument with visible Keys/Notes that deliver unique sounds/pitches when pressed. It is worthy to note that the inventor of the Piano is Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. We have various types of Pianos/keyboards ranging from Acoustic Pianos to digital/electrical Keyboards. Acoustic Pianos are commonly expensive than Digital Pianos. Acoustic […]