The Basics of Piano
The piano is sort of complicated to explain, basically the way sounds are created is by a system of hammer and strings. Each key is specified to strike a string, and when you play a key the hammer hits the string which in turn creates a sound wave. There is also a sustain pedal that keeps a key's sound playing continuously. Keys are ordered from low pitch to the left and high pitch to the right. Your left hand basically is in charge of the lower pitches while your right controls the higher ones. Actually, that wasn't very difficult to explain.
The piano revolves around the middle C, which is in the center of the piano. Keys are orders as follows: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. It might be a little confusing but the start of each C signifies an octave, which consists of 7 keys. After every 7 keys is another octave, and there will be a different number of octaves depending on the piano you are using. The black keys are sharps and flats, which are variations of each white key. A sharp signifies the black key to the right of the white key in question while a flat signifies the black key to the left of the white key in question. So for example, C sharp is the black key to the immediate right of C, and vice versa for flats. There are a total of 5 black keys for each octave, with no black keys in between B/C and E/F. Kind of get the gist? Good. With that explained you can start learning the piano immediately. If you need piano sheet music, you can look here for Fur Elise piano sheet music or here for Clair de Lune piano sheet music.
The piano revolves around the middle C, which is in the center of the piano. Keys are orders as follows: C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. It might be a little confusing but the start of each C signifies an octave, which consists of 7 keys. After every 7 keys is another octave, and there will be a different number of octaves depending on the piano you are using. The black keys are sharps and flats, which are variations of each white key. A sharp signifies the black key to the right of the white key in question while a flat signifies the black key to the left of the white key in question. So for example, C sharp is the black key to the immediate right of C, and vice versa for flats. There are a total of 5 black keys for each octave, with no black keys in between B/C and E/F. Kind of get the gist? Good. With that explained you can start learning the piano immediately. If you need piano sheet music, you can look here for Fur Elise piano sheet music or here for Clair de Lune piano sheet music.