How many keys are on a piano and how are they arranged?
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According to instruction captured in a piano lesson, a standard piano keyboard is arranged as follows:
- There are 52 white keys.
- There are 36 black keys.
- Combined, that equals 88 total keys.
- The black keys are grouped in sets of twos and threes repeating across the keyboard.
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