Piano Chord Chart

It's time to print out or check here with this useful chord chart if you play all major chords correctly.

What I suggest is that you choose a key on the piano (Gradually you'd like to find the major chord of every chosen key) and look for its major chord.

Trust first on your ear. Don't be too logical about music since it won't get you to having a musical intuition on the long run.

If you think you got the major chord correctly check here in the chord chart to see if you're right!

Good luck!

Click here to download a printable version of the Major Chord Chart.

Before we continue I'd look you to pay attention to something. Look at C# major. You may be wondering why its middle note is stated as E# and not F. Well, this is important to the understanding of how chords are built.

Chords derive from a scale. For example C major derives from C major scale. We form the chords by playing the first, third and fifth note of the scale. In C major scale for example we press on C we skip the D press the E etc....

So we always measure chords in intervals of thirds. (C-E-G) (D-F#-A) (E-G#-B). In C# major for example the root note is C#, therefore its third note must be E# and not F. The distance between C# and F is of a four notes (C D E F) instead of three (C D E). That's how we know if a certain interval is diminished or augmented.

Don't mind about this too much. I'll explain this later when we talk about chords theory. For now click here to learn about Minor Chords.