Printable Piano Chord Chart for Major and Minor Chords

Printable piano chord chart -- here's an easy way to help keyboard students remember major and minor chords -- group them in look-alike "families."

Call the white-note chords "Snowman" chords; the black-note-in-the-middle chords "Hamburger" chords, and the black-on-the-outside, white-on-the-inside chords "Oreo" or "Ice Cream Sandwich" chords. The others, call them the "Oddballs."

These cute names are actually not my own ideas, though I use them with my students. They come from the piano theory books of TCW Resources , voluminous and thorough theory books with lots of really fun worksheets and good ideas.



Download keyboard chord chart of major and minor chords


The second graphic here shows little circles "drawn" above the chord families. This sheet of piano chords is not printable. I couldn't get a good PDF for this document, so you can do what I do for my students: draw in the circles -- or bars, like piano keys! -- for them, or better yet, let THEM draw in the image you think will help them remember. (Circles seem natural to me, since they look like whole notes.)




I like to ask keyboard students to choose 3 or 4 chords and make up a pattern or a song. This is a fun way for them to get to know chords better. One thing that really stands out to them with this music chords chart, once I pencil in the circles, is that the B chords are wacky! Each one is unique.

I hope you find this piano chords chart helpful in your music studio!

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