Free piano chord chart · 264 chords

Piano Chord Chart

Every common piano chord with its notes and a keyboard diagram: major, minor, seventh, sixth, suspended and extended chords on all 12 keys. Open any chord for its inversions, fingering and the keys it belongs to, and hear it on a real piano.

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Major and minor chords

The 24 chords most songs are built from. The brass dot is the root.

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Seventh chords

Dominant 7th, major 7th and minor 7th on every root.

All piano chords by type

22 chord types on 12 roots. Each links to the chord’s own page.

Piano chord questions

How many chords are there on the piano?

This chart has 264: 22 chord types on each of the 12 notes. Any chord can be built on any of the 12 keys of an octave, and each chord type is a fixed pattern of intervals, so once you know a pattern you can play it everywhere.

How do you read a piano chord chart?

Each diagram shows the keys to press together. The brass dot is the root, the note the chord is named after; the dark dots are the other notes. The letters on the dots are the note names, spelled the way the chord is written.

What is the difference between major and minor chords?

Only the middle note. A major chord stacks the root, the note four half steps up and the note seven half steps up (C – E – G); a minor chord lowers the middle note by one half step (C – E♭ – G), which is what makes it sound darker.

What are the easiest piano chords to learn first?

C, F, G and A minor use only white keys and cover thousands of songs. Then add D minor, E minor and the seventh chords G7 and D7. Every chord on this chart links to a page with the fingering for both hands.

Can I print this piano chord chart?

Yes. Download the free PDF chart from the top of this page: all 264 chords on 12 A4 pages, two chord types per page, with a guide to reading the diagrams. Or use Print this page to print the diagrams on screen, four to a row, without the ads or the site menu.