Friday, April 2, 2010


Fig 1 : 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)

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

Emaj

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 the same can be applied to all other keys.