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![Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Piano / Keyboard Easy Letter Notes for Beginners](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ41mfC5sA-eadVX6BpWAofPM_Ow35KwjQM6ql93wr8CaunTooHlajxgKFuCIvI-ADyLq_mp1cgNtMpPv4X7ZvFL0vopEJywR8RwE6FFZ49C0WeNLGbB8PhXEn0qRKke4LDiDxR5htk4/s640/Smooth+Criminal+by+Michael+Jackson.jpg)
Quick guide on how to read the letter notes
![how to read and play the letter notes](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YcLZY4pkdL0/WwWuPoSOYkI/AAAAAAACdro/ykwWpSSUHIc9mdTaIQGVbnQtY3LGo2_VwCLcBGAs/h200/how%2Bto%2Bread%2Band%2Bplay%2Bthe%2Bletter%2Bnotes.gif)
The numbers in front of each line are the octave, each octave has an unique color so you can easily follow them.
Lowercase (a b c d e f g) letters are natural notes (white keys, a.k.a A B C D E F G ).
Uppercase (A C D F G) letters are the sharp notes (black keys a.k.a. A# C# D# F# G#), look at the image below to see where each letter note is on the piano keyboard.
The lines / dashes (-) between letters indicates timing to play the notes. Just listen to the audio file at the top of the post to figure out the time lenght of the dashes (usually 5-6 dashes is about 1 second)
RH / LH means Right Hand / Left Hand and it's mostly for people who play the piano, it tells them with what hand to play the lines. Also, if you want to play a easy version of the song, playing only the RH lines does exactly that, because on most songs RH notes are for melody and LH notes are for bass.
![piano letters notation and octaves](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FDuAS0J2GOM/WwWuf5_vtkI/AAAAAAACdr0/9wGICqniiO0GUhCK8cuWQKrtMGAKATpuQCLcBGAs/h140/piano%2Bletters%2Bnotation%2Band%2Boctaves.png)