Introducing the black notes on the keyboard
The black notes represent what are called ‘flats’ and ‘sharps’. The symbol for a flat is ‘b’ and the symbol for a sharp is ‘#’. We will go into more detail as we progress through the course but for now, look at our keyboard below.
You will see that immediately on the right of our A, is a black note and we call this ‘A#’ (sharp). In sound terms it is slightly higher than the A, but lower than the next white note, the B. Play it and compare the pitches of A, A# and B.
For the same reason, we have highlighted C# and D#, the next two black notes along.
Next: Playing the chord of A (using a triad)
