Getting A Feel For The Piano Keys

When you start playing the piano, one of the first things you have to consider is where to place your hands. All you have to do is look at the keys positioned in t he center of the keyboard. These are your nine home keys and where your starting position begins.

Yes, we understand most of you have 10 fingers, but the thumbs rest together on the middle C. It’s not a difficult task either. In fact, if you look close enough at the black key/white key pattern, the middle C is easy to spot. When you look at the center, find the area where there are two white keys together.

In the front of each key is either a letter or number. The letter C is placed on the area where your thumbs rest and every key after that goes up in numbers. So your index fingers will rest on the 2s, middle fingers on 3s, rings on 4, and pinkies on the 5s. Read more

Time after time, I have come across pianists who cannot read music well and rely on memorization to save them. Do you admire pianists who can just pick up any piece of sheet music and play without stumbling? If you want to take your sight reading to the next level then check out the piano course "Mastering The Art Of Piano Sight Reading!"