Unit 1 · Sound and pitch · Lesson 2 of 4
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Only seven letters
Music uses just seven letter names: A B C D E F G. After G, the letters start again at A.
The white of the piano follow this alphabet over and over. The trick to finding them is the pattern of black : they come in groups of two and three.