Order in Space: A Design Source Book by Keith Critchlow

By Keith Critchlow

Providing innovative perception into the world the place arithmetic and the humanities meet, this booklet can be used as a realistic device through the architect, fashion designer or scientist who has to accommodate such difficulties as defining area, dispensing styles, packing and stacking, and verbal exchange hyperlinks.

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Here are the two big facts about sharps and flats, as they relate to pianos and keyboards: ➤ On the keyboard, the black keys are referred to as either sharps or flats. ➤ In written music, sharps and flats are symbols that indicate the black keys of the keyboard, and these symbols are called accidentals. Part 2 ➤ Give Yourself a Hand The following sections show you how accidentals work, and how sharps and flats fit in with the basic seven notes (the keyboard’s white keys) that you already know. Whole and Half Steps Revisited Music Speak Accidentals are a general name for the notation symbols that indicate sharps and flats in sheet music.

Read on to discover how to do this for yourself. Finding C on the Keyboard Key Thought Throughout this chapter, you’ll simultaneously discover where notes are located on the keyboard and in written music. The best way to start identifying notes on the keyboard is to learn a single note, and become adept at finding all the examples of that note on the keyboard. You might think you should start at the beginning of the alphabet, with the A note, but it’s easier in the long run to start with C. C is the most basic keyboard note for reasons that become clearer in later chapters.

Where to Sit The big question is: How far from the piano should you sit? If you watch a lot of pianists, you see a lot of variation in how close the bench is drawn up to the instrument. Some players like to be right on Chapter 4 ➤ Sitting on the Bench top of the keys, while others push way back and must reach for the keyboard, with their legs lunging forward to the pedals. Here is the best way to start: ➤ Put the bench a moderate distance away from the piano. ➤ Sit on the bench. Let the forward edge of the bench reach to the halfway point from your bottom to your knee.

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