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Read the keyboard

Black-key groups, note names and why two names can share one key.

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Understand the sound

Major or minor?

Find the third, count semitones and change one note to compare.

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At the piano

Make a small move

A short practice routine for hearing and seeing chord inversions.

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Scale choices

Three ways to shape minor

Compare natural, harmonic and ascending melodic minor, and understand the descending convention.

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Five-note patterns

Keep the useful five

Find major and minor pentatonic notes, compare relative roots and practise a short phrase.

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A reference, not a full course

These guides focus on note relationships. They do not prescribe hand position or fingering, and they are not a graded curriculum. Take your time, use a comfortable register and ask a teacher about technique.