The answer lies in the fact that we needed a way to break apart the piano keyboard into sections so that we can easily play music.
The pattern of black and white on the piano keys is immediately recognizable: once you see it, you immediately know that these are piano keys and not anything else. (don’t look at the pic above this post – no cheating!)ĭid you get it right? Remember how there was a similar experiment when people were asked to draw a bicycle and some of these drawings came out hilariously wrong? Chances are that your piano keyboard didn’t come out quite right either, but no worries, we’ll make you understand it once and forever, after explaining all the keys in depth. Let’s start with a quick funny experiment: take a blank piece of paper and try drawing a piano keyboard without looking at one.
