1. A note playing guide template for a musical keyboard having raised and lower keys, the template comprising a spine holding a plurality of interstitial guide pieces extending from one side of the spine, guide pieces having guide annotations thereon, wherein the template is planar so that, in use, the template can be laid flat across the lower keys so that the spine is coplanar with the guide pieces, the guide pieces fit between the raised key and the spine fits behind the raised keys, wherein guide pieces form consecutive two-gap and three-gap groups along the template, and wherein there are two adjacent guide pieces between the gaps, which are separated from each other.