... a color coded piano chord dictionary
It's always nice to have a good piano chord chart reference near by. This interactive color coded chords chart and dictionary is great for beginners because it shows you the fingering for most common piano chords. See also Piano Notes to Guitar and the New Virtual Piano
Piano chord types
The chord types included in the charts below are:
Basic chords:
Example chords in the key of C - C Major, C minor, C Diminished, C Augmented, C Sus2, C Sus4, C 7Sus2, C 7Sus4, C6, C minor 6, C7, C Major 7, C minor 7.
You might also be interested in my 3 part series on the theory of chord construction.
Extended chords:
9th, Major 9th, minor 9th, Major 11th, minor 11
Piano chords download
You can download these chords as a PDF. download piano chords PDF
Piano chords chart
This is an interactive piano chords chart. Click a root note below to display the piano chords in that key.
C | D | E | F | G | A | B | D#/Eb | C#/Db | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | A#/Bb
C | D | E | F | G | A | B | D#/Eb | C#/Db | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | A#/Bb
Download piano chord chart
Download the full size piano chord chart here: Piano Chords Chart. (save image). It's very large so you will need to scale it in your browser to see it at 100% quality.
Sample Piano chords poster
Just to give you an idea what it looks like, this is a smaller representation of the full size piano chord wall poster available for download above.
