Place your thumb on the root note, your middle finger on the major or minor third, and your little finger on the perfect fifth. With your right hand, you use your thumb, middle finger, and little finger. In other words, make sure that you are placing your fingers on the correct keys. When learning to play chords, make sure you are using the proper piano chord fingering technique and placement. Finger Placement: How To Play Piano Chords ![]() To complete the chord, add the perfect fifth by counting 5 whole tones from your root note. To turn your major third into a minor third, all we do is move down a semitone to E flat. Starting with C, count 3 whole tones to E (as we know E is a major third). Therefore, the formula for a minor chord is the root, minor third & perfect fifth. In other words, move the second note in a major chord (the major third) down a semitone, which creates a minor third interval. To build a minor chord, we use the same formula, except we change the major third interval to a minor third interval. The formula to build a major chord is the root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. In the previous section when we covered how to build a piano chord, we learned how to build a major chord. There is one difference between a major and minor chord, and it is a semitone. You maybe didn’t learn how they are built, though. ![]() They are pretty basic, and you usually learn about them at school in music class. What Are Piano Chords & How Do You Build Them?īy now, you have most likely heard of major and minor chords. So, from now on, start thinking in terms of intervals.īy the end of this article, you will understand why thinking in terms of intervals makes so much sense. The number of semitones between the two notes played determines the type of interval. When musicians talk about chords, scales, melody, harmony, or anything musical, they talk in terms of intervals. The important ones to keep in mind are the Minor Third, Major Third and the Perfect Fifth. Minor Seventh (also known as augmented sixth)ĭon’t worry, you don’t have to memorise them all!. ![]()
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