Keyboard
Size And Patterns SAMPLE LESSON (complete
as it appears within PMMO)
Sit before your keyboard and notice that it is made up of many white
and black keys. Notice also, if it were not for the pattern created
by the black keys, the white keys would all look the same. It would
be nearly impossible to distinguish one white key from another by
simply looking. (Illustration 1.)
Illustration
1.
Full
Size Piano Keyboard as white keys only
Luckily, for us, the piano keyboard is a very organized pattern
of black and white keys, all across the keyboard. This observation
will rapidly enable you to learn the names of each key. (Illustration
2.) Do you see the pattern?
Illustration
2. Full Size Piano Keyboard with black and white keys
Keyboard instruments come in a variety of sizes, and some have more
individual keys than others. Although keyboards come in a variety
of sizes, ALL keyboards display a built in visual pattern. (Illustration
3.)
Illustration
3.
Keyboard sizes and patterns
There are always TWO black keys, then THREE black keys, surrounded
by SEVEN white keys. This basic pattern of TWELVE keys is found
on ALL keyboard instruments. (Illustration 4.)
Illustration
4.
One basic pattern of 12 keys.
2
black + 3 black + 7 white = 12 black and white = ONE basic pattern
of 12 keys.
This
pattern of TWELVE keys is the basic unit of ALL keyboard instruments.
The size of your particular keyboard determines how many times the
pattern is repeated.
To
HEAR my 'sorta historical' version of how these twelve tones were
discovered, click on the following:
AUDIO
- THE DISCOVERY OF MUSIC (9:19)
Please
allow up to one minute for audio to load.
POINTS
TO REMEMBER:
1.
ALL keyboards display a built in visual pattern. 2. The pattern is seen in the way the black keys fall around
the white keys. 3. There are always TWO black keys, then THREE black keys,
surrounded by SEVEN white keys. 4. The pattern of TWELVE keys is the basic unit of ALL keyboard
instruments. 5. The size of your particular keyboard determines how many
times the pattern is repeated.
