Piano keyboard chart with note names
A free printable piano keyboard chart: two octaves of keys with the letter names, and a blank copy for a child to fill in.
The white keys of a piano use seven letter names: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. After G the names start again at A. The black keys sit in groups of two and three, and those groups are how a player finds each note.
How to use it
Page one shows the names. Find the groups of two black keys. The white key just to the left of each group is C. Find the groups of three black keys. The white key just to the left of each group is F. A child who can find C and F can work out the rest.
Page two is blank. Ask the child to write the name on each white key, starting with every C. Then give short jobs: color every C red, circle each group of two black keys, or put a star on every G. Cut out the strip and stand it behind the keys of a real piano as a guide.
Only the sheet below prints. It fits letter and A4 paper. For a clean page, turn off headers and footers in the print window.
The piano keys
Seven letter names repeat across the keyboard: C D E F G A B, then C again.
How to find a note
C is the white key to the left of two black keys.
F is the white key to the left of three black keys.
Moving to the right, the sound gets higher. Moving to the left, the sound gets lower.
Find and say
Point to every C. How many are there?
Point to every F.
Say the names from C up to the next C.
Say the names backward from C down to the C below.
Piano keyboard chart, page 1kidsclassicalmusic.com
Name the keys
Write the letter name on each white key. Start with every C.
Now try these
Color every C red.
Color every F blue.
Circle each group of two black keys.
Draw a box around each group of three black keys.
Put a star on every G.
Piano keyboard chart, page 2kidsclassicalmusic.com
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