Richard Moran - Big Keyboard and Piano Chord Book: 500+ Keyboard and Piano Chords in a Unique Visual Format

BIG KEYBOARDAND PIANO CHORD BOOK

from the 12Notes Series for Keyboard and Piano

by RichardMoran

SmashwordsEdition

http://www.moraneducation.com/12Notes

Our ChordDiagrams Explained:

The Big Pianoand Keyboard Chord Book presents over 500 keyboard and piano chordsin our unique easy to read format. With large clear and concisediagrams, we show you all the keyboard chords you'll ever need toknow in full color.

Get started byfinding the chord you wish to play.

Quicktips:

Is your chordnot listed in the book? Remember that...

A b can also be written as G#
Bb can also be written as A#
C# can also be written as D b
E b can also be written as D#
F# can also be written as G b

... so if thegiven chord is D b maj7, substitute C#maj7instead.. it's actually exactly the same chord!

Other chordnaming conventions:

There aremultiple naming conventions for chords. We've used the most popularversions in our book. In case you encounter any other ways ofwriting these chords, we've put together a quick guide below...

In theseexamples, we've substituted 'X' for the first letter of thechord.

Major Chords -These are sometimes written as 'XMaj', 'XM', or just 'X'.

Minor Chords -Are sometimes written as 'Xmin' or 'Xmi'. We use 'Xm'.

Chords with a'-' sign in them are also sometimes written with a ' b ' instead

Chords with a'+' sign in them are also sometimes written with a '#' instead

DiminishedSeventh Chords are shown as a 'X' . They can also be written as'X7', 'Xdim7', 'X-7', and' Xdim'

SuspendedChords - 'sus' chords can also be written as 'sus4'

'7sus','sus7', and '7sus4' are all exactly the same.

Augmentedchords can be written as '+', '#5', '+5', or 'aug'

Major Sixthchords can be written as '6', 'Maj6', or 'M6'

Major Sixthadd Nine can be written as '6/9', '6(add9)', 'Maj6(add9)', or'M6(add9)'

'X7' issometimes written as 'X Dom 7'

More aboutChords:

An explanationof how chords work, and are formed is beyond the scope of thisbook. Please do consult our website at http://www.moraneducation.com/12Notes formore information about chords, and to sample other items in theseries.

Here, we'vegiven you some background on how the keyboard is laid out. Don'tworry if this is all new to you. It's good to know, but notnecessary to use the book.

The keyboard islaid out with the notes as follows...

For instance,to find a 'C' on the keyboard, look for the black notes in a groupof two, and play the white note immediately to the left of thegroup.

To play a 'B',look for the black notes in a group of three, and play the noteimmediately to the right of the group.

The black keysare represented by a sharp (#) or flat ( b)sign.

A sharp signtells you to play the note immediately to the right of the namedwhite note.
A flat sign tells you to play the note immediately to the left ofthe named white note.

For example,we've highlighted C# in the picture above. We've also highlightedDb - it's exactly the same note!

When there aremany sharps and flats in the chord, sometimes we use double sharps(represented by an 'x' and double flats (represented by two flatsigns).

A double sharp tells you to count up two keys on the keyboard(e.g. Cx is the same note as D).
A double flat tells you to count down two keys on the keyboard(e.g. Dbb is the samenote as C).

A Flat is AlsoKnown as G Sharp