\nThis is how keys are arranged on a keyboard\/ piano\/ harmonium\/ or any reed instrument. You may see groups of 2 black keys, and 3 black keys placed alternately. This is the main reference used for identifying the keys\/notes easily.

From this video, you can learn how to identify the white keys easily with the help of the black keys.

Take any set of 2 black keys. The white key on the left side of this set is S (Sa), and the white key on the right side of the set is G (Ga). Similarly, we can easily identify M (Ma) and N (Ni), on the left and right sides of the set of 3 black keys.

Note :<\/strong> In Indian music, we have 7 swaras namely Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Da Ni (written as S R G M P D N), and the western equivalents of these notes are C D E F G A B.

Western notes C & E are in the left and right sides of 2 black keys, and F & B are in the left and right sides of 3 black keys.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An octave in a keyboard\/ piano is a set of 12 keys, consisting of 7 white keys (from S to N) and the 5 black keys. The same set of keys\/ notes are repeated several times in the keyboard, in order to handle the different frequencies in musical phrases.

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\nA minimum of 3 octaves are required to handle any form of music. The middle of these 3 octaves is called the \u2018middle octave\u2019. The octave on the left side of middle octave is called \u2018lower octave\u2019 and on the right side we have the \u2018upper octave\u2019. We use the lower octave keys to play notes with lower frequencies, and higher octave keys to play notes with higher frequencies.

The keys\u2019 arrangement is the same across all the octaves in the entire keyboard. Smaller keyboards have 2 to 3 octaves, and bigger keyboards have 5 to 7 octaves. For playing carnatic music, 3 octaves are sufficient, whereas for playing western music, we may require 5 or more octaves, as in this form of music, we use both the hands. The right hand is used to play melody and the left hand for playing chords.

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\nIn a 7 octaves keyboard\/ piano\/ digital piano, White keys = 52<\/mark><\/strong>; Black keys = 36<\/mark><\/strong>; Total keys = 88<\/mark><\/strong>

How many C to B\u2019s are there? 7<\/mark><\/strong>. C to B is an octave. How many octaves are there? 7<\/mark><\/strong>

Which is the middle octave? 1 2 3 \u201c4\u201d 5 6 7<\/strong><\/mark>

These numbers are also called as registers in a Piano. Middle C is called so, because it is in the middle of the Piano. Note A in the Middle Octave is 440.0 Hz in Frequency. Also called as the Standard Tuning, Internationally.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\nCarnatic Swaras :<\/strong>

In Carnatic music, the white keys are S R G M P D N and black keys are R G M D N. We have one S, one P, and 2 variants of R G M D & N. Totally we can say, there are 12 swaras at this level.

S \u2013 stands for Shadjam
R \u2013 Rishabam
G \u2013 Gandharam
M \u2013 Madhyamam
P \u2013 Panchamam
D \u2013 Dhaivatham
N \u2013 Nishadham

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