Beginner Chord Keyboard. The most common type of keyboard or piano chord is a triad or three note chord. The most common type of chord used in piano playing is a triad.
One way to get the basic shape of a triad is to place your thumb and fingers on adjacent white keys and push down with your thumb middle finger and pinky. The lowest note called the root the middle note aka the third and the top note aka the fifth. Let s take a look at one of the most commonly used chords the c major triad.
To form a major chord you use the root third and fifth of the major scale.
There are different chord types but major and minor chords are the most common and easy to learn for beginners. We start with the c major scale. Major and minor chords are both triads meaning they are made up of 3 notes. The most common type of keyboard or piano chord is a triad or three note chord.