The (free) Piano Chord PosterĮach image on the OKTAV chord chart is roughly two octaves on the piano starting at the C note. And it is important to note that one key to the next is a half-step or semitone difference. If you look down every column you will see the chord qualities all have the same distances in tones.įollow the red to know exactly which notes are played on each chord. All 12 keys are represented, and a great review along with this poster is your Circle of Fifths. That will help remind you why each key has its specific sharps or flats.Īlong with the root position the image also shows you the first and second inversion, which we will explain below. The poster is aimed at making it easy to play a chord without a deeper explanation. Music is made up of patterns and formulas, and once you learn them you will eventually have an epiphany where it all falls in place! To get to that point of understanding you start with the basics and of course practice! Major Chords But we promise with just a little music theory you will unlock the real power of these chords. The most common scale used is the major, and in the key of C that is the simple CDEFGABC. All major scales have the formula W-W-H-W-W-W-H, the H being a semitone and the W two semitones or a whole tone. Now the major chord formula is the root or first note, third, and fifth.Įven if you don’t have your Circle of Fifths that formula will help find all major scales. So the 1, 3, and 5 in the C major scale is C-E-G. For another example the Ab major would be Ab-C-Eb.
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