Notes on the Piano
The keyboard may look like a giant collection of notes at first, but it's really one small pattern repeating over and over. Learn the black-key pattern and the note names become much easier to recognize.
Introduction
The Black Keys Are Your Map
Notice that the piano alternates between groups of two black keys and groups of three black keys. Those groups tell you the names of the white notes around them.
The white note to the left is C.
The middle white note is D.
The white note to the right is E.
The white note on the far left is F.
Next comes G.
Then A.
The white note on the far right is B.
What About the Black Notes?
Moving to the right from a white note to a black note usually gives the white note's name a sharp (#). Moving to the left usually gives it a flat (♭). That's why the same black key can have two names — for example, C♯ and D♭. You'll even discover later that some white notes can technically have sharp or flat names too. That's music theory being music theory. 😄