Piano Chord Charts

There have been a lot of requests for piano chord charts in the last few weeks. Chord charts are very popular amongst guitarists who use them a lot but for piano players there are so many different ways to play any single chord that a chart showing one basic chord pattern might not sound so effective as it would with a guitar.

Piano chords are often played in different inversions depending on which chord precedes or follows it so basic chords might not sound so good. Having said that we have put together a complete chord sheet especially for beginners which we are giving away for free (see below) but be warned, it is consists of all the major and minor chords in the root position to be played with the right hand only and as such might sound a little pedestrian.

These are only basic chords but they can be used effectively to play along to most popular songs. They will not make your playing sound like an accomplished player however. See the Teach Yourself Piano page for more information.

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To really understand how to use both hands and how to use the chords in different inversions then you need to practice a lot and to have the guidance of a teacher or one of the online courses. The best course for teaching you how to play really smooth chords in different inversions is the Piano for All course.

If you sign up below you will receive our chord charts by email. They include all of the basic chords which is usually enough to accompany a lot of well know tunes. You can play the three note chords with your right hand and try to establish some sort of rhythm. Once you have that practiced then you can play the root note, the bottom of the three notes with the left hand on or two octaves below, this will give more profundity to the sound of the chords making them sound a lot fuller.

There are some instructions for beginner piano players that come with the chord sheets we are giving away so you don’t have to worry about what to do with them.

You could play the left hand in rhythm with the right or make a counter rhythm. You could even break up the chord playing on note after the other in sequence ie. bottom note first then the first note in the right hand followed by the second and then finally the third. These are known as broken chords or arpeggios.

Once you have a few chords practiced then you need to perfect the changes from one chord to another. These are known as chord progressions. You should practice the chords to some sort of rhythm, either a metronome or a jam track or rhythm track. You could even try playing along to popular well known songs if you can work out the chords that are being used. If you have trouble finding which chords are being used in a song then you can normally find the chord sheet for a particular song on the Internet by doing a google search.

Just fill in your details below and we will send you your free beginners piano guide and chord charts. Practice with the piano chord charts as much as you can and when you are ready to proceed further then consider one of the online piano courses like piano for all.

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For slightly more advanced chords check out Professional Piano Chords