white note

Piano's ivory key

A white note is one of the natural keys on a piano keyboard—the ones that play unmodified pitches (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) without sharps or flats.

The term contrasts with black notes, the raised keys that produce chromatic tones.

Music in C major or A minor uses only white notes: She's still learning, so she sticks to the white notes.

notation

staff

Organization's workers collectively

bar line · time signature · key signature · rest · sharp · flat · natural · treble clef · bass clef · beam

Opposites
piano key color

white noteblack note

Chromatic piano key tone

black key · accidental · sharp · flat · enharmonic

musical pitch type

white noteaccidental

Occurring by chance

sharp · flat · enharmonic

Family

white, note, whites, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whiteness

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