black keys
Sharps and flats
The black keys on a piano or keyboard are the shorter, raised keys arranged in groups of twos and threes between the white keys.
They play the sharps and flats—the notes between the natural tones.
She practiced scales on both the black keys and the white keys.
The term sometimes appears in music instruction to describe pentatonic patterns that use only these keys.
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