Bo7 Chord Piano

[Lisa Nevilles]

Achord is a group of notes that can be played together and function as the harmony in music. There are lots of different chords that can be organized in different groups and categories. One thing that differ among chords is how many notes that are included. There are triads (three notes), four-note (sometimes called tetrachords) and five-note chords. In addition, chords with six or seven notes also exist. See in-depth summary of chord types.

A good way to learn chords on the piano is to be familiar with how they are constructed. The Cmaj7 chord adds one note to C, the seventh in the C major scale. The Cm7 adds one note to Cm, the seventh in the C minor scale. Looking at the extended chord (e.g. C7, C9, C11), they are adding notes using intervals from the root of the chords with seventh, ninth and eleventh degrees. See a list of chord built by steps.

When you know which notes that belong to a chord, you can play it in several ways. A chord can be played by pressing down all the relevant keys simultaneously or each at a time. As you make progress, you will find more ways of altering the outcome. It is also important to use the right fingers and this is called fingerings.

The numbers are used to simplify and represent the five fingers from thumb (1) to little finger (5), regardless if the left or right hand is concerned. On this site you can find fingerings for the chords, these are suggestions that strives to follow the standard way, but must not be optimal in all situations or for all hands.

Exercises could be done for developing independence among the fingers. Normally, the ring fingers are the weakest and need the most strength training. See fingerings illustrated with pictures.

On the image below you can see one example of how a piano chord is presented on this site including a diagram:

A red color means that the key is part of the chord that is in focus. To play the actual chord on a piano, press down all keys marked in red (if needed, see a diagram compared to a realistic picture). Since the pattern of keys repeat itself on the keyboard, you can place your hand in many positions. You will notice, however, that there is more bass on the left part of the keyboard and more treble as you go to the right. Therefore, you should strive for placing your hand somewhere in the middle.

When looking at piano chord symbols, we often see # (pronounced sharp) or b (pronounced flat), for example C# or Db.

Then the chord is written with a sole letter, as in C, it is a major chord. A chord written as Cm means C minor.

Sus, Dim and Aug are abbreviations for suspended, diminished and augmented.

For inverted chords a slash is used between the original chord name and the alternative bass note (i.e. C/E).

A parenthesis can sometimes be seen in the chord name, for example C(#5), meaning that the chord has an alteration or extension.

Less common is the use of no in a chord. In these cases a note is omitted and Cno3 means that the triad is played without the third.

Exercises

A collection of exercises with musical notation that can be open as pdf-files.

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Major chords are triads constructed using a root, a major third and a perfect fifth. Major chords usually sound happy and bright. Major 7th chords are 4-note chords constructed with an additional major seventh.

Minor chords are triads constructed using a root, a minor third and a perfect fifth. Minor chords usually sound sad and darker. Minor 7th chords are 4-note chords constructed with an additional minor seventh.

Diminished chords are triads constructed using a root, a minor third and a diminished fifth. Diminished chords tend to sound dissonant and unresolved. Diminished 7th chords are 4-note chords constructed with an additional diminished seventh.

Augmented chords are triads constructed using a root, a major third and an augmented fifth. Augmented chords tend to sound dissonant and unresolved. Augmented 7th chords are 4-note chords constructed with an additional minor seventh.

Suspended 2nd chords are major chords where the third is lowered by a whole step to get a major second. Sus2 chords are therefore constructed using a root, a major second and a perfect fifth. Sus2 Chords tend to sound open and unresolved.

Suspended 4th chords are major chords where the third is raised by a half step to get a perfect fourth. Sus4 chords are therefore constructed using a root, a perfect fourth and a perfect fifth. Sus4 chords tend to sound somewhat dissonant and are looking to be resolved.

Dominant 7th chords are major chords with an additional minor seventh. Dominant 7th chords are therefore constructed using a root, a major third, a perfect fifth and a minor 7th. Dominant 7th chords chords tend to sound tense and unresolved.

Half-Diminished chords are diminished chords with an additional minor seventh. Half-Diminished chords are therefore 7th chords that are constructed using a root, a minor third, a diminished fifth and a minor seventh. Half-Diminished chords chords tend to sound tense and dissonant.

Major 6th chords are major triads with an added major 6th on top, so the intervals are root, major 3rd, perfect 5th and major 6th. Major 6th chords tend to be dark and don't have as much tension as major 7th chords.

Minor 6th chords are mior triads with an added major 6th on top, so the intervals are root, minor 3rd, perfect 5th and major 6th. Similar to major 6th chords, minor 6th chords don't have as much tension as minor 7th chords.

Playing 5-finger scales has significant value for early-level pianists. This innovative book helps students chart progress through all major and minor 5-finger scales, cross-hand arpeggios, and primary chords. Engaging teacher duets for each key are used for scale exercises. Students also enjoy improvisation activities for each key with creative prompts to inspire imagery, character, and tempo.

Second, the spaces between the notes. There is a bigger space between the top 2 notes of this chord than the bottom 2. This is another way you can identity 1st inversion chords. The bigger space is always between the top 2 notes.

This will be the last chord shape you have to learn today. And to make it, you follow the pattern from before. Move the bottom note of the 1st inversion chord to the top, and now you have a 2nd inversion chord.

Just like you practice the individual changes with your right-hand, do the same thing with both hands. Break it down into small steps and practice each individual chord change until it feels comfortable.

Lisa Witthas been teaching piano for more than 20 years and in that time has helped hundreds of students learn to play the songs they love. Lisa received classical piano training through the Royal Conservatory of Music, but she has since embraced popular music and playing by ear in order to accompany herself and others. Learn more about Lisa.

Thanks for the file! Though I have only Dorico 4, I am able to open it. But I have not so far been able to discover why this is not working for you, when it is for me, in files I create. Can someone else have a look?

Unfortunately, the option to show chord symbols between the staves of a grand staff instrument ultimately takes precedence over the option to allow staves of a grand staff instrument to be hidden if empty. So you will need to show chord symbols above the top staff of the instrument if you want to be able to hide the left-hand staff, and use the Placement property for chord symbols to flip them below the right-hand staff elsewhere.

When it comes to playing the piano, pianists have thousands of chords to select from, with some chords being more popular than others. Check out some of the most common chords in the piano chord chart below, or keep reading to find out more about piano chords.

All piano chords contain a root note -- this is the note the chord is named after -- as well as one or more additional notes. Basic piano chords often consist of only two or three notes, while the more advanced chords tend to incorporate even more notes.

The most common type of keyboard or piano chord is a triad, or three-note chord. A triad contains a root note and two other notes, most often the notes that produce the intervals of a third and fifth above the root note.

One way to get the basic shape of a triad is to place your thumb and fingers on adjacent white keys and push down with your thumb, middle finger, and pinky. Learning this technique will set you up to play various basic piano chords with ease.

Piano notes follow a pattern of black and white keys, with a group of two black keys close together followed by a group of three black keys close together. This pattern repeats across the keyboard, and we use it to identify the notes.

Minor chords, like major chords, contain three basic keyboard notes: a root note, a third, and a fifth. To play a minor chord, select any root note, then count three half-steps up to the third. From the third, count two whole-steps (or four half steps) to find the fifth.

In previous versions when you highlighted the midi notes in the piano roll, the piano roll info display would tell you what the chord is. I found this really useful. But I can't find an option to put it back there in Logic X. It will just tell you what note your mouse pointer is hovering over.

Choose View > Show Local Inspector or press Control-Command-I. It's a bit clunky though so you may have to sometimes close and reopen the Piano Roll (or just the local inspector), for example after rubber-band selecting the desired notes. Using the Redraw Current Window key command also updates the chord name.

Let me introduce you to the Mu Major chord. If you've never heard of the Mu Major chord, it sounds somewhat exotic, but you'll quickly see how simple it is. It's also interesting how this chord gets it's name.

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