How to play Chords on Piano / Keyboard. Easy Piano Chord Shapes

Basic Piano / Keyboard Chord Shapes
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Piano Chords and Chord Shapes

This section contains basic chord shapes for piano / keyboard chords, making these chords easy to play.

This page is dedicated only to the main set of major, minor, 7th and major 7th chords.

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Basic Piano Chords and Chord Shapes. This page is dedicated only to the main set of major, minor, 7th and major 7th chords
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) - 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.

Click Here for a list of 16 C Chords and how to transpose them to other keys

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