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 Piano Chords!

 

Welcome to the Chord Piano Section. This page is devoted for all of us who wish to start learning to play the piano by chords. With these beginning piano lessons we'll be learning to play the piano by playing different chords by ear and then check out if we got them right based on some theoretical knowledge we're going to acquire together in these chord piano lessons.

 

Photos of Piano Chords

Basic Piano Chords and Chord Shapes. This page is dedicated only to the main set of major, minor, 7th and major 7th chords
 Reference diagram for piano chord shapes

Refer to the diagram above and use the numbers to dictate the notes to be used.
Key number 3 is middle C.

Piano Chord 1st Key 2nd Key 3rd Key 4th Key
C maj (Major) - View Picture 3 7 10  
C min (Minor) 3 6 10  
C7 3 7 10 13
Cmaj7 3 7 10 14
C# maj (Major) / Db 4 8 11  
C# min (Minor) / Db min 4 7 11  
C#7 / Db7 4 8 11 14
C#maj7 / Dbmaj7 4 8 11 15
D maj (Major) - View Picture 5 9 12  
D min (Minor) 5 8 12  
D7 5 9 12 15
Dmaj7 5 9 12 16
D# maj (Major) / Eb 6 10 13  
D# min (Minor) / Eb min 6 9 13  
D#7 / Eb7 6 10 13 16
D#maj7 / Ebmaj7 6 10 13 17
E maj (Major) - View Picture 7 11 14  
E min (Minor) 7 10 14  
E7 7 11 14 17
Emaj7 7 11 14 18
F maj (Major) - View Picture 8 12 15  
F min (Minor) 8 11 15  
F7 8 12 15 18
Fmaj7 8 12 15 19
F# maj (Major) / Gb 9 13 16  
F# min (Minor) / Gb min 9 12 16  
F#7 / Gb7 9 13 16 19
F#maj7 / Gbmaj7 9 13 16 20
G maj (Major) - View Picture 5 10 14  
G min (Minor) 5 10 13  
G7 5 10 14 8
Gmaj7 5 10 14 9
G# maj (Major) / Ab 6 11 15  
G# min (Minor) / Ab min 6 11 14  
G#7 / Ab7 6 11 15 9
G#maj7 / Abmaj7 6 11 15 10
A maj (Major) - View Picture 7 12 16  
A min (Minor) 7 12 15  
A7 7 12 16 10
Amaj7 7 12 16 11
A# maj (Major) / Bb 8 13 17  
A# min (Minor) / Bbmin 8 13 16  
A#7 / Bb7 8 13 17 11
A#maj7 / Bbmaj7 8 13 17 12
B maj (Major) - View Picture 9 14 18  
B min (Minor) 9 14 17  
B7 9 14 18 12
Bmaj7 9 14 18 13

 

Important Note
You can play the chords using any combination of these keys.
For Example : The chord of C Major can be played in the following ways

Piano Chord 1st Key 2nd Key 3rd Key
C maj 1st Position 3 7 10
C maj 2nd Position 7 10 15
C maj 3rd Position 10 15 19

As you can see for position 2, the C note ( key number 3 ) in position 1, is moved to the next octave up ( key number 10 ) and so on.

 

 

 

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