Piano Worksheets – Label the Keys, Blank or With a Key

All 25 piano keys on the diagram

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White keys from middle C 8

C This is middle C, just left of the two black keys. The arrow under the keyboard points to it.
D D sits between the two black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
E E sits just right of the two black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
F F sits just left of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
G G sits between the first and second of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
A A sits between the second and third of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
B B sits just right of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
C This C sits just left of the next two black keys. It is one octave above middle C.

Black keys 5

C sharp / D flat The black key between C and D. It is a half step above C and a half step below D, so it has two names.
D sharp / E flat The black key between D and E. It is a half step above D and a half step below E, so it has two names.
F sharp / G flat The black key between F and G. It is a half step above F and a half step below G, so it has two names.
G sharp / A flat The black key between G and A. It is a half step above G and a half step below A, so it has two names.
A sharp / B flat The black key between A and B. It is a half step above A and a half step below B, so it has two names.

The octave below middle C 12

C This C sits just left of the two black keys. It is one octave below middle C.
D D sits between the two black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
E E sits just right of the two black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
F F sits just left of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
G G sits between the first and second of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
A A sits between the second and third of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
B B sits just right of the three black keys. The white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B and then start again.
C sharp / D flat The black key between C and D. It is a half step above C and a half step below D, so it has two names.
D sharp / E flat The black key between D and E. It is a half step above D and a half step below E, so it has two names.
F sharp / G flat The black key between F and G. It is a half step above F and a half step below G, so it has two names.
G sharp / A flat The black key between G and A. It is a half step above G and a half step below A, so it has two names.
A sharp / B flat The black key between A and B. It is a half step above A and a half step below B, so it has two names.

How this list was compiled: The layout of the keyboard (the twelve notes laid out with the lowest on the left; the seven natural notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B on the longer keys and C sharp/D flat, D sharp/E flat, F sharp/G flat, G sharp/A flat and A sharp/B flat on the raised, shorter keys): Wikipedia, Musical keyboard, read 2026-10-01; checked against Robert Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom, https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/EnharmonicNotes.html (section 1.5: each black key has two names, C sharp = D flat and so on), Accidentals.html (a sharp raises and a flat lowers a pitch by a half step) and OctaveRegisters.html (section 1.3: middle C is C4; the register number changes at each C), read 2026-10-01. Where a white key lies among the black keys follows from that order of the twelve notes. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-10-01 from plain rectangles: own work. No font and nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

These piano worksheets for beginners use one drawing: two octaves of keys with middle C in the middle. It opens with every key named, as a music keyboard diagram. Print it blank or numbered, or quiz yourself on the keys.

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How to label a piano keyboard

Find the black keys first: they come in groups of two and three. C is the white key just left of every group of two, and F is just left of every group of three. From C the white keys run C, D, E, F, G, A, B, then C again. Each black key takes its names from its neighbors: the one between C and D is C sharp or D flat.

Print it named, blank or numbered

Press Print this keyboard. Named shows piano sharps and flats labeled with both names. Blank leaves every key empty; Numbered adds a number on each key and a line for each answer. Quiz yourself turns it into piano key identification practice.

The arrow marks middle C, the C written between the treble and bass staves.
For keyboard note identification, say the name aloud before you answer: the pattern repeats in every octave.
As a piano note finder: in the quiz, More options has Study, where a tap on any key shows its name.

Questions and answers

How do you find C on a piano?

Look for a group of two black keys. The white key just to their left is C. This works in every octave of the keyboard.

Why do black keys have two names?

Each black key is a half step above the white key on its left and a half step below the one on its right. The key between C and D is C sharp and also D flat.

Is there a notes on a piano keyboard diagram to print?

Yes. The page opens on it: every white key with its letter and every black key with both of its names. Press Print this keyboard.

Can I use it as a piano quiz?

Yes. Press Quiz yourself on this keyboard. One key lights and you pick its name from four: first the white keys from middle C, then the black keys, then the octave below.