Piano Chord Chart

In order to help you learning to play the piano chords of the major and minor chords correctly I added this useful chord chart to the beginning piano lessons.

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 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 it here in the piano chord chart to see if you're right!

Good luck!

This series introduces chords more quickly than in the regular Alfred's Basic Piano Library. It is perfect for students age 10 and up whose hands are strong enough to play 3-note chords. By combining intervallic reading with chord playing, students are able to enjoy playing fuller and more interesting songs and melodies.

Before we continue I'd look you to pay attention to something in this piano chord chart. 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 if you didn't get. I'll explain this later when we talk about Piano Chord Theory.

The thing about knowing differet chords is that in order to play a song smoothly you have to be able to remember all the chord shapes and switch between the different chords fast.

And, you'll learn all about how your brain processes information, and how to maximise your piano practice time... (nine out of ten people are absolutely floored by this secret!)

In the next piano lesson we're going to talk about Minor Chords..