How do ‘short’ musical keyboards with less than 88 keys work with the reduced range?

Question

A friend of mine has a keyboard with less than the full 88 keys found on a standard piano. How does this limit the instrument in terms of what music can be played?

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Answer 1

Not a musician nor a native speaker, so excuse my lack of technical terms.You have 8 base notes on the piano. ~~A B C D E F G H.~~ Those are repeated on higher and lower octaves. Same notes, different pitches. Your friend can play the same notes as any piano but probably not as high/low as a piano with 88 keys.

Edit: See comment below for correct notes.