Why is there no C# or B (flat) key on a piano keyboard (or E# or F flat either?)?

All other notes on the scale seem to be separated by "whole" notes, except for B-C and E-F. What's up with that? Asked by NWDevil 60 months ago Similar questions: C# flat key piano keyboard E# Entertainment > Music > Music Instruments.

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Because they are already only a semitone apart. It has to do with how we hear tones as pleasing in the West. This isn't true all over the world.

The naming of the black notes requires that you understand what sharps, flats and semitones are. In our western culture, the smallest space (interval) between two pitches is called a semitone. Looking at a piano keyboard, you will see that a semitone above the note 'B' is 'C'.

That is because to the Western ear there is no space for a note between them; therefore, the distance between 'B' and 'C' is one semitone. Similarly, the notes 'E' and 'F' are as close together as they can be: there is no note between them, so they are said to be one semitone apart. C and D, however, are not as close as they can be to a Western ear; they are a full tone apart.

They have a black key between them, which gives the semitone. For example, look at the note 'C' (doesn't matter which one). The semitone above 'C' is that black note.

What do we call that note? We call it 'C-sharp'. So the answer to the question, "Tell me the name of the note that is one semitone higher than 'C'" is 'C-sharp'.

What's the note that is one semitone higher than 'F'? 'F-sharp'! One semitone higher than 'A'?'A-sharp'.

Any black note can be named for the white note that is just below it in the manner just described. Now, look at the note 'G'. The semitone down from that note would be the black note which is the lowest of the group of three black notes.

We would call that note 'G-flat'. Did you notice?'F-sharp' and 'G-flat' are the same pitch! All of the black key on the piano keyboard have two different names.

The names for the black key which is between G and A 'G-sharp' and 'A-flat'. Technical, but that's the truth! Sources: My opinion, based on reading .

There are... There is a C Sharp (C#)on the piano keyboard. It is the black key to the right of C. B Flat (Bb) is the Black key to the right of B.It is also known a A sharp (A#).

See the picture below. Sources: 23 years of piano playing..

You mean B# and Cb ...... Its just the way its set up on a piano keyboard... all notes are of equal increments. There IS a C flat.. C flat is also known as B. In the same manner F# is technically G flat and so on and so forth.

The value of difference between the notes is still always the same though.. the difference between B and C is the same as the difference between C and C#.

These two spaces on the keyboard you refer to are naturally occuring half steps. It is based on a mathematical calculation. The space is no different than a white to a black key, it just happens to be two white keys..

1 prettyface123, regarding your answer "There are...": I didn't read the rest of your question, sorry. E# is the F key. F flat would be E.

Prettyface123, regarding your answer "There are...": I didn't read the rest of your question, sorry. E# is the F key. F flat would be E.

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