Octaves on the Keyboard
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4th - 8th Grade
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Miranda Gerchak
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Octaves on the Keyboard
Click through to learn how the notes you read on the staff refer to specific notes on the keyboard
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Octaves
An OCTAVE is the series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes.
From C to C is an octave. From F to F is an octave.
For this presentation, we will be focusing on octaves from C to C only.
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Octaves
There are many octaves on a full-sized piano keyboard. Each octave from C to C is labeled with a number.
Note that the notes A and B that come before the first C are labeled as A0 and B0, but the first full octave starts with C1. The notes that follow are also labeled with a 1, until the next C, C2.
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Keyboard Octaves
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Pitch and Octaves
Looking at the staff, you can see how the notes of the staff are related to specific octaves on the keyboard.
Note that C4 is Middle C, and that it is closest to the middle of the piano keyboard.
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Remember that the pitch goes down lower as you go left, and up higher as you go right!
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
Is the first note higher or lower than the second note? (Remember we read left to right in music.)
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Multiple Choice
Which note sounds higher?
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Multiple Choice
Which note sounds higher?
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Multiple Choice
Are these notes moving up higher or down lower?
Octaves on the Keyboard
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