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The notes respective to those keys are sharps or flats, depending on the key signature of what you are playing. For example, the black key between the C and D white keys is either a C sharp or a D flat depending on what the key signature includes.

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The "slave scale."

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Yes, I think.


YES! All notes on the piano are called keys.
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Sharps or Flats

They are C sharp/D flat, D sharp/E flat, F sharp/G flat, G sharp/A flat, and A sharp/B flat.

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The black keys on the piano or keyboard are called Sharps/ Sharp keys.

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they are called sharps and flats

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sharps or flats... either one usually

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Most call them "sharps or flats"

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If the white notes on a piano are called the 'natural notes' what are the black notes called?

These keys are the white ones on the piano, yes. These are the black notes on the piano.


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