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Common mistake

Treating the black keys as extras

It sounds like this

“The black keys are just extra notes — the white ones are the real ones.”

Why it’s wrong

Every key is a note one half step from its neighbours; leave the black keys out and the distances stop adding up.

The lesson that fixes it

Cognosc spots mistakes like this.

When you explain something in your own words, Cognosc can tell exactly which mistake you’re making — not just that you’re wrong — and gives you a short lesson to fix that one thing.