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Having the half-tone keys in black presents an image of stability to the eye. Dark lines between brighter, white keys gave more visual clarity to the pianist looking at them at a glance – particularly while firing out Chopin Etudes, and the more complex solo piano repertoire of the Romantic era...
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Having the half-tone keys in black presents an image of stability to the eye. 

Dark lines between brighter, white keys gave more visual clarity to the pianist looking at them at a glance – particularly while firing out Chopin Etudes, and the more complex solo piano repertoire of the Romantic era (watch above).

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Having the half-tone keys in black presents an image of stability to the eye. Dark lines between brighter, white keys gave more visual clarity to the pianist looking at them at a glance -- particularly while firing out Chopin Etudes, and the more complex solo piano repertoire of the Romantic era (watch...
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Having the half-tone keys in black presents an image of stability to the eye. Dark lines between brighter, white keys gave more visual clarity to the pianist looking at them at a glance – particularly while firing out Chopin Etudes, and the more complex solo piano repertoire of the Romantic era (watch above). read less
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So there are 12 notes in total in music. 7 are natural notes and 5 are accidental notes. So the white keys denotes natural notes (A B C D E F G) and black keys denotes accidental notes (A#,C#,D#, F#,G#)
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