For beginners, we are here to teach some lessons on basic piano chords. There are several types of piano chords including diminished, augmented, major, and minor, but today we’ll only focus on the basics.
Some chords on the piano are more common or easier to play than others. It is essential to songwriting. A chord is playing three or more notes at the same time. There are mainly two types of basic piano chords Major and Minor chords. The major mode represents happy or positive while the minor mode is typically sad and serious. Piano chords are any set of few notes played simultaneously.
If you consider it as a Whole step (whole tone) then the chord formula for the Major Chord is 1- 3 – 5
If you consider it as Half step (semitone) then the chord formula for the Major Chord is 0 4 7 and for the Minor chord is 0 3 7
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