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Newsletter Subscribe Unsubscribe View Last Message View Archived Messages Home > Archived Newsletter Messages > Easy way to make Major and Minor chords on your piano/keyboard Archived Newsletter Messages Easy way to make Major and Minor chords on your piano/keyboard Sent: February 18, 2009 Heres a simple trick you can use to figure out any Major chord, or Minor chord. Major chord for "C" Put your first finger on C, then count up 4 notes, using both the black and white keys. That second note then is the E. Then count up 3 more notes, and the 3rd note is the G, so C, E, and G then, is your C chord. Try it with any other note and will work for you. For F chord, your first finger goes on F, then count up 4 notes, and youre next note will be A. Then count up 3 more notes, and your last note int the chord will be C. 1 plus 4 plus 3 gives you all the major chords. For minor chords, its 1 plus 3 plus 4. For instance, the Cminor chord. Put your first finger on the C, count up 3, your second note them would be the Eb, then count up 4 and your 3rd note will be the G. Just remember Major chords 1 + 4 + 3 Minor chords 1 + 3 + 4 If you check out my channel on YouTube, youll find a visual lesson I put together for this. Have fun, and remember....Playing piano doesnt have to be hard, if you follow my "Easy to play" Lessons Musically yours, Brad www.mrmusiccanada.com