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On the keyboard there are groups of two and three black keys.   Flats and Sharps, steps

    Two            Three            Two           Three           Two             Three             Two      

On the keyboard Below circle the groups of two black keys

Circle on the keyboard below groups of three black keys

THE BLACK keys on the Keyboard are played by using a + or a -  

In Music we call these FLATS   and   SHARPS.  A flat and Sharp,  + or -  is a separate key. YOU DO NOT PLAY A 4 then the +    4+ is just one key.  All the flats or sharps are just one key the same as all the WHITE keys. 

 Samples of + or Sharps below (Sharps and flats can be the same key .             Example   5+ is the same as 6-

 1 + 2+ 3  4 + 5 + 6 +                             5+                                 6-

                                       1    2   3    4   5    6

Circle 1+      Circle 6-

Circle 3-      Circle 4+

Circle 2-        Circle 5-

STEPS  

(A counting we will go)

As we move up the keyboard each key is called a 1/2 STEP. THIS IS ONE KEY ONLY.  When we add 1/2  and 1/2  we have 1 whole. THAT WOULD BE TWO KEYS.   HOW many 1/2 steps are there from HOME 1 to 5

  REMEMBER you do not count the One you start with. We are counting keys only.

    1 2 3 4 56 7  1/2 steps  count white and black

  1    2  3   4  5

ANSWER ( 7      1/2 steps)  We traveled 7 keys.   From HOME which we do not count to the next key to the right is 1 which is black, then 2 which is white, then 3 which is black, then 4 which is white, then 5 which is also white, then 6 which is black, then 7 which is white.

Where on the keyboard are there no BLACK keys, two white ones together. CIRCLE

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