Piano chords chart — every common chord, on the keys

Pick a root and a chord type and see exactly which keys to press, with the root marked and the notes named. Sixteen types across twelve roots — triads, sixths, sevenths, ninths, suspended and diminished — and every one of them plays, so you can check your ear against the diagram.

Root

Chord type

C

C · E · G

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7

The dark dot marks the root. Any of these can be played from a different note as long as the gaps stay the same.

Every chord, one page each

The keys to press, every inversion, the keys it belongs to and a progression that uses it — for each of the 120 chords below.

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