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Chord Diagrams

Lesson 3/107 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Piano

Chord Diagrams

Chord Diagrams

Chord shapes can be illustrated by using chord diagrams. In this book, chord diagrams will be used to illustrate each new chord.

C Major

If you are not familiar with any notes given on the stave or any terms used, please see Appendix section.

The G Major Chord

The G major chord is constructed from the G major scale. Using the major chord formula on the G major scale as follows, it can be seen that the G chord contains the notes G, B and D.

G Major

Play the three notes of the G chord with the first, third, and fifth fingers of your right hand, individually, and then together, as shown in Exercise 2.

The F Major Chord

The F major chord is constructed from the F major scale. Using the major chord formula on the F major scale as follows, it can be seen that the F chord contains the notes F, A and C.

F Major

Play the three notes of the F chord with the first, third, and fifth fingers of your right hand, individually, and then together, as shown next, in Exercise 4.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- The Major Chords 3- Chord Inversions 4- Seventh Chords 5- Minor Chords 6- The D Minor (Dm) Chords 7- The D Major and D7 Chords 8- Left Hand Bass Lines 9- The E Minor (Em) Chord 10- The B Minor (Bm) Chord 11- The A Major and A7 Chords 12- Diminished Chords 13- Scale Tone Chords 14- Scale Tone Chords in the Key of F 15- Sixth Chords 16- Suspended Chords 17- Scale Tone Chords in the Key of A Major 18- Scale Tone Chords in the Key of E Major 19- Scale Tone Chords in the Key of B<span class="symbolA">b</span> Major 20- Key of A Minor 21- Minor Key Signatures 22- Augmented Chords 23- Major Seventh Chords 24- Scale Tone Chord Extensions 25- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of G 26- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of G 27- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of B<span class="symbolA">b</span> Major 28- Ninth Chords 29- Turnaround Progressions 30- The Piano Keyboard 31- Major Scales 32- GLOSSARY OF TERMS 33- Chord Diagrams 34- C Major Chord Inversions 35- G7 Chord Inversions 36- Am Chord Inversions 37- Dm Chord and Inversions 38- 12 Bar Blues in Different Keys 39- Em Chord Inversions 40- Bm Chord Inversions 41- The F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Minor (F<span class="symbolA">#</span>m) Chord 42- B Diminished (B<sup>o</sup>) 43- Scale Tone Chords in the Key of G 44- Gm Chord Inversions 45- Relative Scales 46- Key of D Minor 47- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of C 48- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of F 49- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of A 50- Scale Tone Chord Extensions in the Key of E 51- 12 Bar Blues Variation 52- Turnaround Variations 53- How to Find Middle C 54- The C Major Scale 55- 12 Bar Blues 56- G Major Chord Inversions 57- Turnaround Progressions 58- 12 Bar Blues in C 59- Playing Chords with the Left Hand 60- F<span class="symbolA">#</span>m Chord Inversions 61- Scale Tone Chords in the Key of D Major 62- Swing Rhythms 63- Minor Keys 64- Key of E Minor 65- Playing Scale Tone Extensions 66- Turnaround Chord Substitutions 67- Fingers 68- The G Major Scale 69- F Major Chord Inversions 70- Keys 71- Key Signature of A Minor 72- Chord Extensions 73- How to Read Music 74- The F Major Scale 75- 12 Bar Blues in G 76- Ninth Chords 77- The Grand Staff 78- Keys and Key Signatures 79- Starting on the IV chord 80- The Note Middle C 81- Major Scales and Key Signatures 82- Extra Progressions 83- Note Values 84- Minor Keys 85- Time Signatures 86- Minor Scales and Key Signatures 87- Notes on the Piano Keyboard 88- Sharp and Flat Notes 89- The Chromatic Scale 90- Summary of Keys 91- Cycle of Fifths 92- Cycle of Fourths 93- Blues Scale Summary 94- Chord Construction 95- The Minor Chord 96- The Dominant Seventh Chord 97- Chord Formula Charts 98- Scale Tone Chords 99- Summary of Scale Tone Chords 100- Scale Tone Chord Extensions 101- Summary of Scale Tone Extension Chords 102- 12 Bar Blues and Turnaround Songs 103- Turnarounds 104- Modulation 105- Chord Substitution and Transposing 106- Transposing 107- Chord Symbols