Piano chords
Piano chord chart: every chord, with sound
108 chords in every key: major, minor, sevenths, diminished, sus and add9, with the notes and a picture of where they sit. Open any chord to hear it, see its inversions and the fingering.
Major chords · Minor chords · Dominant 7th chords · Major 7th chords · Minor 7th chords · Diminished chords · Sus2 chords · Sus4 chords · Add9 chords
How a chord is built
A major or minor chord has three notes: a root, a third and a fifth. Count up from the root in half steps (every key, black and white): a major chord is root + 4 + 3 half steps, a minor chord root + 3 + 4. Seventh chords add a fourth note on top; sus chords swap the third for a second or fourth.
Major chords
Major: 1 – 3 – 5. Sounds bright and settled.
Minor chords
Minor: 1 – ♭3 – 5. Sounds darker, more wistful.
Dominant 7th chords
Dominant seventh: 1 – 3 – 5 – ♭7. Sounds bluesy and restless, as if it wants to move on.
Major 7th chords
Major seventh: 1 – 3 – 5 – 7. Sounds soft, dreamy and a little jazzy.
Minor 7th chords
Minor seventh: 1 – ♭3 – 5 – ♭7. Sounds mellow and smooth.
Diminished chords
Diminished: 1 – ♭3 – ♭5. Sounds tense and unstable, pulling towards the next chord.
Sus2 chords
Suspended second: 1 – 2 – 5. Sounds open and airy, neither major nor minor.
Sus4 chords
Suspended fourth: 1 – 4 – 5. Sounds open and expectant, waiting to resolve.
Add9 chords
Added ninth: 1 – 3 – 5 – 9. Sounds bright and shimmering.
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