Piano Chord Charts with Fingering

Major Chords Inversions Chart

Fingering in all Keys:
Right Hand : Root Position: 1-3-5 First Inversion: 1-2-5 Second Inversion 1-3-5
Left Hand : Root Position: 5-3-1 First Inversion: 5-3-1 Second Inversion 5-2-1

KEY ROOT POSITION 1ST INVERSION 2ND INVERSION

C#
Db

D#
Eb

F#
Gb

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Major Chords Inversions Chart

Fingering in all Keys:
Right Hand : Root Position: 1-3-5 First Inversion: 1-2-5 Second Inversion 1-3-5
Left Hand : Root Position: 5-3-1 First Inversion: 5-3-1 Second Inversion 5-2-1

KEY ROOT POSITION 1ST INVERSION 2ND INVERSION

G#
Ab

A#
Bb

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Minor Chords Inversions Chart

Fingering in all Keys:
Right Hand : Root Position: 1-3-5 First Inversion: 1-2-5 Second Inversion 1-3-5
Left Hand : Root Position: 5-3-1 First Inversion: 5-3-1 Second Inversion 5-2-1

KEY ROOT POSITION 1ST INVERSION 2ND INVERSION

Cm

C#m
Dbm

Dm

D#m
Ebm

Em

Fm

F#m
Gbm

Gm

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Piano Chord Charts with Fingering

Minor Chords Inversions Chart

Fingering in all Keys:
Right Hand : Root Position: 1-3-5 First Inversion: 1-2-5 Second Inversion 1-3-5
Left Hand : Root Position: 5-3-1 First Inversion: 5-3-1 Second Inversion 5-2-1

KEY ROOT POSITION 1ST INVERSION 2ND INVERSION

G#m
Abm

Am

A#m
Bbm

Bm

NOTES

Technique for Practicing Your Chords

You should learn all chords in both hands. In the beginning when you are playing songs, the right hand has the melody and the left hand uses chords.
But as you get better and if you want to sing while you play, the right hand needs to get more involved. The right hand would not play the melody in
that case. It would play the chords.

Start with the left hand low on the piano. (C below low C is a good starting point). Play the C chord, then play the next C chord with the right hand,
one octave apart. Follow this by the left hand, then the right, moving up the piano with the chord one octave up. Keep a nice steady beat. Practicing
with a metronome is a great idea. Set it at a slow pace and gradually increase the tempo day by day. Only play as fast as you can play accurately. If
you are not getting to the chord in time, go slower.

Root Position, First Inversion, and Second Inversion

Root Position - This means that you play the root of the chord (the name of the chord)on the bottom which would be the lowest note. The middle note
would follow which is the third, then the fifth on top. For the left hnad, the pinky would play the root, the middle finger plays the third and the thumb
plays the fifth. The position would be the same for the right hand except the thumb would play the root, the middle finger plays the third and the pinky
plays the fifth.

First Inversion - To play a chord in first inversion, you simply take the root of the chord off the bottom(lowest note) and put in on the top(highest
note) of the chord. So the order of the notes in the chord change. For the left hand, the pinky now plays the third, the middle finger plays the fifth and
the thumb plays the root. If you are playing a first inversion chord in your right hand, the thumb would play the third (bottom note). The second finger
plays the fifth and the pinky plays the root.

Second Inversion - To play a chord in second inversion, this means that the fifth is now the bottom note of the chord, followed by the root in the
middle and third on top. So the left hand would play the fifth with the pinky, next the root with the second finger and the third with the thumb. For the
right hand, the thumb would play the fifth with the thumb, the root with the third finger and the third of the chord with the pinky finger.

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