Step 1: The layout of black and white keys has been standard on most piano and keyboard instruments for centuries, but how do you find your way around it? With 88 keys, a full-size piano keyboard ...

Fear of a black key?… Don't be afraid. Adding flats and sharps to your music will give it a new lease of life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...

McCarthy Music’s new Illuminating Piano connects to an iPad or Windows machine, tightly integrating with a custom app to help aspiring pianists learn to play at their own pace. Wait, which piano key ...

For the last two years, Queen Mary, University of London Lecturer in Digital Music Dr Andrew McPherson has been working on a system that brings continuous dynamic or expressive control to a ...