Difference between 2 C's on a piano

[linglingwannabe]

I'm a guitarist and I just started learning the piano. I want to understand what's the technical difference between, say, the C played on different tiles.
 In guitar, if you jump 12 frets, you jump an octave. Is it the same principle?

[perfect_pitch]

Nope... there are no frets on a piano...



(Sorry, I had to    ).

Yes, every 12 semitones higher will result in an octave higher. Remember, that the distance from one note to the next nearest (white OR black) is a semitone. Think of it like a picture, the white C note in one octave will be placed in the same position between the black notes on octave higher or lower.

[linglingwannabe]

Thanks!!!