Keyboard
Piano notes for beginners: C D E on the keyboard
The piano is a clear visual map: white keys always follow C, D, E, F, G, A, B. Once this cycle makes sense, note reading becomes much less abstract.
The white-key cycle
On a keyboard, white-key names always repeat in the same order.
CDEFGAB
- After B, the cycle returns to C, one octave higher.
- Groups of two black keys help you find C.
- Groups of three black keys help you locate F, G, A and B.
Connect keyboard and staff
A note written on the staff represents a sound. The keyboard lets you hear that sound and see where it sits compared with nearby notes.
- When a note moves up on the staff, it moves to the right on the piano.
- When a note moves down on the staff, it moves to the left on the piano.
- In Mozart Match, piano sounds strengthen the link between eye, ear and action.
Learn with games
The helpful order is: see, hear, recognize, repeat.