How To Label Keys On A Piano/Keyboard (Hint: Please DON'T)
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Picture this: you decide that you’re finally ready to really learn piano. You buy a keyboard or piano, but you’re a beginner. So you’re probably wondering, what’s your next step? Learn the keys of course! But looking at a bunch of similar-looking keys can be overwhelming.
If you’re like many people, you may soon find yourself over on Amazon looking at piano stickers. You know, the little ones that label each key by letter. After all, that seems like a good place to start if you don’t know where to start. A few days later, your package arrives and you enthusiastically stick them on. (Or maybe you decide to DIY it so you get your Sharpie and start labeling the keys by hand.)
And that’s all it takes - you instantly know all the keys on your piano! Right?
Not so fast: the truth is that putting these stickers on or labeling your keys by hand is a huge mistake. Why? Because you are skipping the very first and probably the most important step to learning piano.
Learning the names of the keys is vital. It’s a deceptively simple task and it can have a huge impact on your entire piano-learning journey. It’s also the first thing I teach my students, because I’ve seen firsthand how many problems pop up later if you don’t go through this process.
Think about it: what happens when you can look at the keys and read their labels? You become dependent on seeing those labels. You start to rely on them. There is no easy way to force yourself to ignore the labels as you try to remember the note that the key represents.
Aside from the fact that you’re training your brain to need an extra visual aid, there’s a very common problem I see with people who use keyboard labels. Once you walk out your door into the “real world,” guess what: not every piano or keyboard out there has labels. (And if they do, sometimes they aren’t even labeled correctly!)
If you let it be known that you are learning how to play, at some point someone will offer you the chance to play their own piano or keyboard. The last thing you want to have to say is “well… do you have labeled keys?” Or to sit down eager to play and then realize that you actually have no idea what to do now that that visual crutch is gone. Embarrassing! But even worse - disempowering.
Recently I was traveling in France with my family, and I noticed that the Marseilles train station has a public piano for commuters and passers-by to play. Naturally, I took advantage of that opportunity and took some time to sit down and play! But I couldn’t have done that if I needed special visual aids to help me identify what I was playing.
I’m all about helping people learn to play piano as quickly as possible, so believe me when I say that I tell my students to get rid of their piano stickers if I didn’t think it would help them learn better. There are plenty of other things you can do to help you enjoy and speed up the process, so don’t skip the important step of memorizing your keys on your own.
But what to do if you already have stickers on your keys? Simple: take them off. (Though hopefully that will be a bit easier for you than it is for some of my students. You might have to do some intensive scraping!) But the effort is worth it, as many of my student who’ve already done this have already told me. When you really know your way around your keyboard, you become a more confident and better-equipped piano learner.
If you’re not sure where to start with key memorization, please check out my free 5-day workbook, And as you’ve probably guessed by now, the very first topic that comes up is learning the 12 keys on your piano or keyboard. I promise you can do this - no stickers or Sharpies required!
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For the people that don’t know how to read sheet music like a pro - marking the keys was the best thing I ever did , I go to CZcams videos and follow along until I can play it full speed
If you slow the vid down does it change key? ...I don't think it does... not sure
Ohhhh
thats how i learned LOL
I think it just takes time and experience to remember the keys. Labeling them is a good idea at the start where you want your fingers to get used to being moved in specific ways. When you are comfortable with your muscle memory, it’s time to take them off, and concentrate on the next thing to learn. The location of the keys.
That said some people learn differently. This is also a viable method for some.
I agree!
Yea I don't see it as a bad learning method as long as it isn't used forever. I'm gonna label mine for now but I'll take them off eventually
Anti-labeling add...do what you want with your keyboard..... have fun learning!!!
I respect this comment
He does have a point though. It defeats the purpose of memorizing I guess.
True
I only have where middle c is marked, because I can figure out the rest from there, but my brain is confused otherwise 😂
Thanks lol
To be honest, I label the keys because I have this memorization of remembering where I put things and how I played it, I've put the keys on my piano and when I went to a public piano I memorized the keys because of the labels, if you play piano alot you can remember the labels and probably play it publicly. But thank you for the tip ❤️😊
Hi Kimmy,
To each their own! I think most people would benefit from learning without the labels, but I guess there are always exceptions. ;)
-Jacques
There's absolutely nothing wrong with labeling the keys. It actually helps you to learn faster. It will not hinder your progress in any way as suggested here in this video nor will it prevent you from playing other keyboards just because they aren't labelled. This is the silliest thing I've heard.
Hi Justin,
I hear from a lot of people, and a lot of people who label their keys do find it hinders them. Everyone ultimately has to make their own decisions, but I can tell you that students who use labels tend to feel a bit insecure transitioning off them, or even feel like they can only play on labeled keys as a result sometimes.
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days Then should speak from a standpoint of it being more about personal preference or personal experience then pushing it off as being something overall like it seems like you're doing
It's kind of weird because learned to type with labels on the keys (obviously) and now I know where they all are so I can do it with my eyes closed
Hi there,
Typing has a different set of physical motions and mental imagery to go along with it - thinking about words and converting them into finger movements is hard to use as a direct comparison. ;)
-Jacques
I agree. All these people managed to learn without labels but it would be insane to ask someone to learn to type without labels. That's what we're doing with piano because of tradition.
@@PianoIn21Days i 100% agree. It's a different thing because playing piano should be an ear to hands coordination... a must skill to learn if you're a begginer whereas typing on a keyboard requires memorization with where the keys are.
Hmmm, I'm not sure. If you took the letters off every computer keyboard in world, the majority of people who had been using computers would not know exact where every letter is. There will be mistakes guaranteed.
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I'm a piano teacher. I don't use the stickers with all my students, but with some of them, (especially kids) they seem to be quite helpful. It's, of course, a temporary tool and I never used them before 4 or 5 lessons. Some people are better with sight. Nobody should use those stickers forever. IT IS NOT A HORRIBLE IDEA. It really depends on the student. There are quite some good stickers in the market and its easy to remove them. I do not use it for longer than 6 months.
Hi João,
Thanks for sharing your perspective! I stand by the concerns I've mentioned in the video, but I can understand that not everyone will feel the same way.
-Jacques
João Rival I completely agree. I see some sets of labels have letters and music notes. Which set of labels would you recommend to be the best and more complete option for a 6yr old piano enthusiast?!?
Thanks. Cause I’ll need the stickers for the first 90 days.
I'm going to use stickers. 1. I don't play every day. 2. Makes it easier for me to want to relearn. 3. Mades it let frustrating as I get back after weeks of not playing. 4. As I power walk ( I look silly to others who see me) I use my fingers movements in the air, to remember which keys are where on the keyboard also, the notes what they look like. I draw a picture if them in front of me. Lol. Have a wonderful day. I know I will. Thank you
There's nothing wrong with using stickers. This guy is being silly.
Here's the thing. I labeled all my keys and was able to begin making music pretty quickly...and that's important to me because I have ADD and my ability to concentrate isn't great. In a week I could play Easy by the Commodores and Imagine by John Lennon. The only reason I could play the songs smoothly is because I could look ahead and know where I was going to place my fingers next. If I was trying to figure out the chords as well as remember where they were at the same time, I think is still be struggling to make music. 3 months on, I no longer need the labels but they were absolutely a big help for me in the beginning. What I did was write directly on the keys with a marker pen and left them there till I wore them off from playing/practicing. I told myself I had have them learned by the time it wore off. Worked for me :)
Hi there,
I'm glad it worked out for you! Best of luck.
-Jacques
Piano In 21 Days thanks. And thanks for the lessons :)
I think that it’s depends on people’s memory, it might be better from a type of memory to another. He’s video was great but It tend it tends towards amalgam... ( no offense) but whatever I’m glad for you...
I just use them to like "study" and actually memorize, I think its harder without any labels
chiaki
I am memorizing my piano keys better with stickers actually lol. I use tape instead of stickers because I have a cheap rubber roll up keyboard. Great video by the way!
It’s just for reference until you get comfortable with where everything is. I don’t have to look down and read the stickers everytime I move my hand and I’ll worry about French train station pianos after I learn a few songs.
They peel right off too.
Correct. Nothing wrong with using labels.
I put stickers on my piano and it wasn’t a mistake I learned my songs and when I was ready and had the keys memorized I took the stickers off they did stick but I used nail polish removers and a cotton pad to woke it off and it also works with markers to. Let me know your results if u try it.😊
You’re right. I play guitar and I wanted to start playing piano, then I realized I learned guitar with no note markers.
Same
Guitars all have fret markers and the strings are easy EADGBE. It’s drilled into your head every time you tune your guitar. You don’t have to tune your piano before every session.
Did you forget about fret markers? It's good that you don't need note markers but they allowed me to start playing piano serviceably in hours lol. Also guitarists have to be way more in tune with the tune of their guitar...Eddy Ate Dynamite is mandatory knowledge or you can't even play. Piano is always the same, less pressure to memorize it.
Definitely each to it's own!
Actually, a friend of mine learned with the stickers and when she came over to my house she could play what she learned at home on my piano that does not have any stickers. So did her daughter.
Hi Cleopatra,
Thanks for sharing your comment! There are always going to be exceptions, but in my experience the vast majority of people who use stickers find it hard to transfer that "knowledge" to a keyboard that doesn't have any . ;)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days Aren't the stickers meant to be temporary?
You are so helpful! Thank you!!
Hi Ben,
That's great to hear! I'm glad you found the video helpful. :)
-Jacques
I printed a diagram of the keyboard and labeled it and read it so I knew the key. I didn't want to mark up my piano. After a few months I throw the chart away. I knew the keys. I spent hours on my piano actually learning music theory and chords. After 5 months I'm still not very good, but I understand now and. By heart my keys. It's more exciting once you get it.
Thank you for the toturial!
Hi Cyrille,
You're very welcome! I'm glad you liked the video. :)
-Jacques
oops
Hi Thomas,
Are there some keys on your piano that need some scrubbing? ;)
-Jacques
Thank you so much for your advice, my friend!
Honestly, as someone who’s been practicing the piano for like 2 months (at first I was only practicing in piano class, but then I also got my very own keyboard from my dad), I have never even seen these stickers in my life because I literally live under a rock so I never knew that they existed. There were times in piano class where students would write letters on the keys on the class pianos, but I asked my piano teacher (I am SO glad I did this) about them and he spoke out against them. Turns out this rock I was living under was helping me this whole time. I’m only 2 months in, and I already pretty much know every key, including the black ones (and we weren’t supposed to learn those until February in my piano class!), I can play with both hands, and not to brag, but I’m kinda getting the hang of it. I wonder how worse I’d be at the piano if I had just got those stickers or wrote on the keys (I didn’t write on my piano keys at home because my keyboard is black and I didn’t want to write on my keys because I believed that doing that would ruin my keys, and turns out I’m correct!). All I can say is that I’m quite happy that I never did that.
so there is a catch, you are selling something!!
I think it can be different for other people. For me, when I get a piano(melodica) I want to lable my keys. I think if a person is planning on only using their own keyboard it can be fine
In my experience, it rarely helps and it often hinders. ;)
-Jacques
I got a keyboard(YPG 235 Yamaha) with label stickers already on it. I don’t know how long the stickers have been on but, so I don’t cuck myself when I get a new keyboard, I’ll de-label them. Thanks for this!
I just put it from middle c because I can tell the keys from that. It’s just hard to know otherwise, once I remember that it will be okay! Like i know where the flat and sharp is also, I just need to know those because I literally just started haha. I am getting lessons soon
Thanku very very much sir for making this video.... Love❤ from 🇮🇳 *India*
Hi Devesh,
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days 🥰🥰🥰
@@PianoIn21Days from your videos I got a new way to learn piano...
When I learned blind typing I was thought not to look at the keys. They even have stickers that hide the letter that you want tot type. This looks like the opposite approach. However, you can remove the stickers one by one, maybe that would work.
Hi there,
Thanks for commenting! I don't advocate for playing entirely without looking. As people become more comfortable and confident with their abilities, they will need to look less and less, but that's a progression and not a rigid goal. :)
-Jacques
Interesting
I was thinking of getting a keyboard :o would you recommend the Alesis recital or Yamaha NP32?
Hi Atori,
Thanks for your question! I'm a fan of this Alesis bundle since it has everything you'd need to get started included: amzn.to/2Q40wMh. The Yamaha model you mentioned is probably fine too, though I don't have any personal experience with that one. Ultimately you really just need 49+ keys and a sustain pedal. ;)
-Jacques
I was planning on labeling once i got my keyboard but htnks for the heads up
Please make a video on playing a song and how to play it full video
Yup. I just removed mine and now it's like starting all over. Best thing I did! Because when I started playing a piano at my school, I was lost!!!!
Hi Thomas,
This time you can really learn it! ;) Check out the link in the description if you need help with that.
-Jacques
Damn I just bought stickers! Thank you for this
Indeed ,you are correct. Yes, it slows one down .
I would say the the good sticker labels with the staff are not a bad thing. I tend to look at my lcd screen for the note staff sometimes. I was think of just doing the F C G landmark thing... I think thats what is was, but at this point I'm not sure it would help me much
FWIW, 99% of my students who use the labels end up needing to do extra work to become independent of them. But there are probably exceptions to every rule. ;)
-Jacques
Thank you
A great truth! Thank you!!
Well put mine on yesterday, time to remove them :D
Hi Himbary,
Hopefully they come off pretty easily since they haven't been on long! Fingers crossed.
-Jacques
I'm good with reading sheet music.
I have bi-lateral Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and Nystagmus.
I use an app called immersed to see the notes properly.
It's more a use what I have situation as I can't afford giant physical tablets.
With immersed, I can bring the screen to the Piano, go full screen on google play books, and read off that.
The passthrough isn't great on the quest 2 and the visor won't be coming out for a while.
I need bumps to map out where my hands should be.
I know the keys and their labeling, but I can't read the keys while playing the notes and the white keys all feel the same.
I'm using a Roland FP30X.
how can I learn the piano faster or do you recommend and app ?
as a year 7 who is learning the piano at school and wants to practice for exams at home, is it a good idea to label the keys? I’ve been trying to learn on and off for 2 years but I always fail and I can kind of read sheet music but I don’t know which key is which
I definitely recommend that you do not label them, as I explain in the video. ;)
-Jacques
I want to get piano for christmas and start learning it and I don’t think I’m going to use a different piano then the one I get
What I learned from this video - "I'm too cool and advanced get on my level" 😆
Hi Jolly,
Ouch! That's definitely not my goal.
-Jacques
this is really true, I have a keyboard and a grand piano and I've had the sticky notes on the keyboard and really feel unable to play my grand piano now - I'll be scraping them off!
Hi there,
Good choice! Check out my link in the description so you can learn the keys as painlessly as possible. ;)
-Jacques
I’m thinking of the idea to draw my piano and label it on the paper,do you think it’s a good idea?
On a paper
Hi Ilsy,
You can if you find that helpful! You may also want to check out my free 5-day workbook (day one is about memorizing the keys) if you haven't already. Link in the description. ;)
-Jacques
i hope you had a great time in Europe
Hi Manong,
Thanks! It was nice to have some family travel time. :)
-Jacques
Thank you so much, I’ve been practicing my piano with sticker for 8 months, and I do struggle when I see another piano, I’m taking my stickers off right now, because I had a feeling it was a bad idea
8 months and you don't know where the notes are by now?!?! How and what have you been practicing?
@@crazygirlfun1 lol I knew where they were at but my brain was just so used to visualizing them. I now know where every note is at since it’s literally the same for every octave 😂
Hi i want to ask u if i see a vid of a piano leeson and it says press the c key how do i know which c key becuse the are more than one c key .thanks for your timr
Hi there,
Thanks for your question! Usually you'll be starting at middle C, which is conveniently right at the middle of your piano or keyboard. :)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days please can you explain, didn't get you. Sorry
HURRY UP ALREADY WITH THE COURSE! some people need to learn already!
and by some people I mean me
Hey Ariel,
Hang in there! Did you sign up for my waitlist yet?/
-Jacques
If I don't label my keyboard , how can I play songs in my keyboard ? Please answer.
I'm self teaching. How would I learn and memorize them?
Him: there is only 12 keys you can learn them
Me: *checks my piano* yeah there’s a problem-
Hi there,
Sounds like you missed the part about the 12 keys that repeat across your whole keyboard. ;)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days yeah I got that like 2 days later
😂😂😂
Well intentioned advice; but old fashioned and from a neurobiologycal stand point wrong. Humans are predominantly visual animals and any visual aid will activate more neuronal patterns which will speed up learning. Also, it will make the learning process more pleasurable; which affects the release of dopamine in the brain which enhances motivation and memory, and then again learn faster.
Hi there,
I'm no neuroscientist, but I disagree that "any" visual aid speeds up learning. I actually encourage my students to do visualization exercises as part of the key memorization process. But I've heard from a great number of people who have struggled to play once their stickers are gone, even after using those stickers for a long time. I actually just replied to an email earlier this week from a person who has owned a keyboard for over a year, and their statement was "now the stickers are gone I don't know what I'm doing, how can I play now if I don't know which keys are which?" There may be some scientific caveat to what I'm saying here, but in my experience the students who memorize the keys without labels find things a lot easier down the road. ;)
-Jacques
@velomaster You are spot on. The author of this video just refuses to accept that he is wrong. This video can be disproved both scientifically and anecdotally.
@@JustinDAMusic 👌
I had the stickers for 1 day then peeled them all off except middle C, that one stayed on for another day now they are all gone. I didn't want to get dependent on them. Learning the names of the keys is pretty easy reading the notes while playing is hard! Flashcards help though....
What about labelling the scales?
If you use them to skip learning the positions then yeah that’s bad. If it’s used to drill in at a glance where they are, surely that’s better than counting up from C each time. Seems like it’s more how it’s used than just being wrong.
Hi there,
I advocate that my students learn to visually locate the keys without having to count up from C, so once they learn that there's even less reason to label anything. ;
-Jacques
It’s not skipping learning the keys that’s literally a way to learn the keys
I was about to say, everyone in the comments is saying label it. Maybe I should? But In middle school I learned how to play the sax and he didn’t tell us to draw or sticker our keys. Everyone different but it just goes to show that I know I’m cable of memorizing and not having to label it myself. Hope it works.
I have a question Bc I’m a starter I looked but the letters for piano but my g don’t land where the g is meant to be it ends at b someone pls tell me what to do
Hi Merlyn,
Depending on how many keys you have on your keyboard, it may end and begin on different notes. That's okay! The important thing is to have at least 49 keys (total). That will give you enough to work with for starters. :) And again, no need to put stickers or mark the keys themselves.
-Jacques
How come with letters on a computer keyboard... You are eventually able to type without looking at the letters same with gear sticks etc... Aren't all pianos the same in the sense it's cdefg etc... After using it to begin with wouldn't you then be able to do it without looking and by ear.. I'm confused as I'm just about to learn and thought that to start I could label the keys, press each one, learn the sound of the key whilst looking away.. And play beginner pieces and look if needed and slowly progress without it? I'm not questioning what you are saying, I'm just confused as I have never played and about to start. If you have any tutorials or links to watch on how to learn without stickers for a beginners that would be great.
For me it's not about needing the label, it's only after touching those keys; now I know the name.
I do label "C" as left of 2 black keys, and label as "F as the left of three black keys on my keyboard
Im a beginner and i still dont know chords about piano its kinda hard to memorize the keys because it will took time for me just to find what key it is or chord for me :).
What if you have less keys is it the same?
Hi there,
You still shouldn't label them regardless of how many you have. ;)
-Jacques
I would love to learn how play the piano
That's great Jeriel! Have fun getting started. :)
-Jacques
Can you please do a tutorial on if the world was ending by jp Saxe and Julia Michaels please
Hi there,
Thanks for the suggestion! I hear so many suggestions that it's impossible to do them all, but I'll keep it in mind. ;)
-Jacques
That happened to me. I put stickers and then later i tried playing on non sticker piano but failed as i forgot everything as it did not have stickers
Bummer! But now at least you know what you need to do - get rid of those stickers and do the memorization work. ;) It's not as hard as it seems (check out my free 5-day workbook for help with this).
-Jacques
Im not a piano player, but its hard to believe that muscle memory doesn't play a role in this dilema! Furthermore is this advice for all ages including a 6yr old?!?
When you were at that train station.. did you have any trouble finding your seat?
Well I'll still use stickers, but thanks for the Amazing advice
Omg. He narrated exactly what I intended to do before I saw this video lol
Hi Lilian,
Glad you watched the video just in time! ;)
-Jacques
Isn't the whole of the stickers to help you learn the keys....
besides, everyone gets them for the sharp and flat keys as those are much more difficult to remember.
Hi there,
Like many gimmicky gadgets and accessories, there isn't a big/real benefit. Is it better to memorize stickers, or memorize the actual thing you're trying to learn? And the flats/sharps don't have to be much harder at all - there's only 12 total notes that need to be memorized, and they repeat across the whole keyboard. ;)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days ohh now I understand, I still have a long way to go 😂😂 thanks for explaining
That maybe a good idea for adults or older children to learn without stickers However - what about 3 or 4 year olds and putting colours on the keys That's I think a great idea The colour to sound method for toddlers is the best way
What do you think Sir and others
Hi Anna,
I don't teach children, but I actually think everyone benefits when they memorize the actual keys and not colors or stickers. ;)
-Jacques
Am I supposed to deface the keys on my laptop too? I could label the keys on a computer keyboard by heart, but I don't deface them. The labels make it accessible, and by being accessible I am able to spend time on it, which eventually led to it being memorized. There's still no reason to take them off besides looking cool. There is some other major issue going on if people struggle after removing the labels after a year or so, they are missing essential theory.
I think the less defacing of things, the better. ;)
-Jacques
I have labels on my cheap portable keyboard and nothing on my main more expensive keyboard
I stopped at the last video which was how you showed how to play the song please make the full step by step video please
Hi Franklin,
Please check out my website (pianoin21days.com) to learn how to play songs with my chord-based approach! :)
-Jacques
Thing is I bought piano stickers T-T and now looks like I may not need them. *I wasted 5 dollars on something I dont need I-*
Found your video IMMEDIATELY AFTER I watched and mimicked a “how to label your keyboard” 😂
I was literally about to buy some labels to stick on them to learn. Now I'm not lol. Thanks (now subscribed.)
Hi Tom,
Glad I could help! Thanks for subscribing.
-Jacques
My goal is to use the piano stickers until I can press the notes with looking at the keys, then take them off.
Me too
Why takes us to france marseille WHY!?
For all of you whose going to label your keys, do it, It's like Memorizing the computer keyboard heck I can even type a perfect sentence with my eyes closed... Heck I'm doing it right now
Hi there,
I've heard consistent feedback from my students that labeled keys slow their memorization process down. I'm not sure how apt the typing analogy is, because I never actually recommend that people *avoid* looking at their keyboards keys, just that they they build confidence so that they can find their way around without relying on labels. ;)
-Jacques
I dont even know what key I pussh it's right but I just want to be sure of my next move maybe ?
But the idea behind the sticker is use them as a lead until you don't have to cause you memorize em am I right?
Most people end up relying on the stickers more than actually memorizing the information, unfortunately!
-Jacques
I use the Black Keys and count to the right Note. Now after a week ich don‘t Need to count them. Without stickers you‘ll learn it the right way.
Hi Pete,
I'm glad to hear you're making progress without the stickers! Keep up the good work. :)
-Jacques
I visualize the keys letters or numbers
Hi there,
I think that's pretty common, but as I'm sure you've noticed it adds an extra step to playing if you have to bring up a picture in your mind of those labels. I recommend trying to learn key placements themselves so that you don't have to think about the labels. ;) Check out the link in the description to learn more!
-Jacques
I can't imagine putting this on a $100k baby grand piano.
My kids piano teacher stuck labels to our piano and I’m so pissed off. I’m trying to get them off but there’s so much residue left behind. I found this video after googling ‘how to get stickers off piano keys’ 😅
Hi Tammi,
That's so annoying! Fingers crossed that you got them off!
-Jacques
Try to make a vedio on keyboards for beginners
Hi Firoz,
Check out my channel - I have two videos on that topic. ;)
-Jacques
Hey sir im a total beginer just had almst 3 months of keyboard classes im planing on buying the casio ctx 3000 or the psr e463 can u sujest me which one would u b good for someone like me a beginner??
Hi Firoz,
It really depends on your budget! At the end of the day the most important things are having 49+ keys and a sustain pedal. :)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days thanks for the reply sir 🙂
For the people without stickers , I used scotch tape and wrote it in with sharpie , might hate myself later when it’s a bitch to come off , but I hope by then to have a new piano
They would be the same on any piano or keyboard right it would be the same on any
so what will i do i buyedit yestrday for 50 dollars
Hi, I'm not sure I understand your question, sorry!
-Jacques
I forgot so easily and I have to label 😭 it or I'm lost
Just cancelt my sticker order 🤣
Hi Rudy,
Excellent choice! You're going to thank yourself later. :)
-Jacques
Will give the stickers to my kids to stick on paper...
i write on my keyboard with dry erase markers when i put notes on it and......i guess it’s time to erase them:)
Hi Kaylee,
Good choice! At least it's dry-erase and not permanent. ;)
-Jacques
Crap- I labeled my piano because I got it when I was like 5 years old O^O
It is after you remove everything you have to relearn everything
If you have to relearn it once the labels are gone, that probably means it wasn't really "learned" before. That's why I'm against labels. ;)
-Jacques
Oh no I have just labeled my piano 😳😳
This guy gets 5 students and feels he can make a generalization of what's best for the vast majority. LOL starting out with labels helps beginners to get into the swing of things quicker. I've seen this with my own eyes. As always you still have to put in the time to practice and over time your fingers go where they need to automatically. It's absolutely transferable to a non-labeled piano. Who is this guy?! LOL
Hi Angel,
Actually I have a few thousand students! ;) Most of them have found using no labels a better option. But of course there are always some exceptions to any rule.
-Jacques
Hii, please answer as fast as you can, I really need help. So, when following music on your keyboard, and it says G, how do I know WHICH G?
Hi there,
Most of the time you'll be near the middle, but of course it varies by song. Ultimately, your focus should be on knowing the 12 repeating keys across your keyboard so that you can find what you need, when you need it.
-Jacques
I already labeled my notes already.. with podcasts pens..