Names of notes (A mini note dictionary for beginners)

[1piano4joe]

There are 35 "names" of notes for the 12 different chromatic tones of any octave.

If you have an 88 key piano then the lowest note all the way down there to the left is an A. It is located right by the only single black key (not part of a group of 2 or 3).

Here they are chromatically starting with that low A (I have my reasons).

A,G##,Bbb That's three ways of notating that key.

Bb,A#,Cbb That's another 3. Six so far.

B,A##,Cb Yep, 3 again. Nine so far.

C,B#,Dbb You guessed 3. Correct! 12 if your counting.

C#,B##,Db 15

D,C##,Ebb 18

Eb,D#,Fbb 21

E,D##,Fb 24

F,E#,Gbb 27

F#,Gb,E## 30

G,F##,Abb 33

G#,Ab This has only two. This is the middle black key of the group of three. 35

This is the theory board. This is for beginners. So please no negative comments or insults.

Here's an exercise for you to try.

Place your index finger on that low key and say all three names out loud. Then move up chromatically or 1 half step to that lone black key and again say all three names outload. Do all 88 keys if your like or until you say "uncle".

[keypeg]

If it is for beginners then feedback is especially apt since beginners should have clarity.  People have a hard enough time learning the usual names of the white piano notes.  This list is overwhelming and has no context.  If you have context (understanding) then you won't have to memorize all those names.

I would present it this way, and over time:
The white keys, C,D,E,F,G,A,B along with their place vis-a-vis the black note groupings.

Introduce the idea of sharps and flats, with sharps raising a note a semitone which also means moving to the next piano key to the right.   So C to C#, etc.   Do this at the piano.  You'll soon run into E# which gives you the "F" key, so here you have another name for that pitch and piano key.  This is with understanding.

Once you have a handle on that, the idea of a double sharp (which is written as X, not ##) comes in.  Play C, bring it up a semitone twice, and you have hit the "D" key.  So you have another name for that pitch and piano key: D, Cx (C##).  Ditto for flats, Ebb etc.

Then if you want you can happily go up and down your keyboard with three names, but since it's with understanding you can also work it out.

[autodidact]

Gb,A# This has only two. This is the middle black key of the group of three. 35

Uh oh, I think you mean G#, Ab 

[nyiregyhazi]

Evidently you have a fascination with numbers, but unfortunately you have seemingly no interest in what has practically applicable relevance. I'm afraid that this list is utterly pointless and is the last thing a beginner should be exposed to. It categorises for nothing more than the sake of it- not with any purpose. Regarding double sharps and double flats, they almost exclusively occur when a note can resolve upwards/downwards to an adjacent black key. It saves using the same letter over and over in succession with different accidentals- which is why it exists. I cannot think of a single instance of either a B double sharp, or any context that might justify one. Why would "beginners" have any interest in meaninglessly hypothetical notes or uninteresting tallies? All they need to know is that you start from the basic letter and adjust up or down the corresponding number of semitones. That's it. One sentence covers it better than that bizarre list.

PS. Alkan notates a treble sharp in one work. So not only is your list/tally meaningless, but it is also inaccurate.

[perfect_pitch]

This is for beginners.

THIS IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS!!! And if you think it is... you obviously haven't had any real experience teaching.

But considering most pianists do know all the enharmonic ways of spelling notes on the music notation - I think this list is rather unnecessary.