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Piano Chords

Ten chord shapes built on C, all twelve major chords, six minor chords, and how inversions reorder the same notes — all shown on the keyboard.

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What's inside

  • How to read a keyboard chord diagram — gold keys, filled root, finger numbers
  • Ten chord shapes built on C: major, minor, diminished, augmented, sixth, and suspended/seventh variants
  • All twelve major chords shown on the keyboard
  • Six minor chords to start with
  • Root position and first/second inversions of the same chord
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