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Piano chords
Choose a chord and see its notes on the keys and hear it: major, minor, sevenths and more. Free, with no account or uploads.
See a chord on the piano
Choose the root and the kind; its notes light up and Play the chord sounds them.
Root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Kind
MajorMinor7Major 7Minor 7DiminishedAugmentedSus 2Sus 4
C major
C · E · G
The piano's sound is made by your browser from a few tones that fade like a struck string; nothing is downloaded, sent or kept. Chords are named by tonal.
A little help along the way
Follow these steps. The sound is made by your browser.
- Say what you want to doPlay, see a chord, or name a chord.
- PlayClick or touch the keys, or focus them and use A to ; and W, E, T, Y, U, O, P.
- Read the chordHold three or more notes and the chord is named.
Questions people ask
- Which chords can it show?
- Major, minor, 7, major 7, minor 7, diminished, augmented, sus 2 and sus 4, on any of the twelve roots.
- How are the notes worked out?
- From the chord's intervals as the tonal music theory library gives them.
- Can I hear the chord?
- Yes. Press Play the chord and its notes sound together, as the piano's own made sound.
This page is the Piano and chords, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Piano and chords's own page.
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