How To Memorize Every Major & Minor Chord On Piano

[@PianoFromScratch]

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[@josephstock9128]

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[@bejoyful7]

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[@martyspence8590]

I took piano lessons when I was 7 years old. We didn’t have a piano at home for me to practice on. My grandma had a piano and I’d go practice on weekends. My grandma played piano by ear and I watched her. Well when I went for my lessons I would try playing my lesson by ear! My teacher told me if I didn’t stop trying to play by ear I would never learn to play! I didn’t know what cords were, didn’t get that far. I just learned what the notes were on the piano. I proved her wrong! If I lesson to a song enough and can remember the tune and can set down and play it in the key of C. I’m learning more here from this guy than I did from her! It’s good to know the three cords to start with. I’m 82 yrs old now and still learning! Great site here.

[@flaminfetus]

That's amazing, thank you for sharing!

[@2010utoo]

Awesome

[@寅-m2t]

You are absolutely right. I started learning the violin at the age of 7, according to the music not by ear, and even the four strings of the violin were never in tune. I make noise every day and annoy my neighbours. After my last music class four years later, I still don't know any basic music knowledge, I just pull the strings in the correct position according to the sheet music. And the violin became the most painful memory in my life. I'm 61 now and want to start learning the keyboard, hopefully I can keep playing at your age. I wish you health, happiness and longevity

[@g0ldspice787]

@@寅-m2t both of Your stories are very inspiring. I'm a young artist looking to grow. I hope you guys the best thank you for sharing your stories :)

[@ayoubalexander5497]

Wow! This is really motivating a still a new student at keys but really hoping to become a great player

[@davec8117]

Bro. Seriously. I practiced piano after my dad passed away a couple years ago. Got decent with chords and a few scales. But inversions were killing me and my progress. Thanks for the great video and getting straight to the point without asking for money. This is what makes me want to donate money for videos. Rather than this Ridley guy who wants 5 grand. I’ll stick with you.

[@mollymeanswell1224]

Best tutorial ever on chords... I took lessoNs for 2 years as a child,played fur Elise and the first movement of moonlight sonata at the recitals but only ever knew how to read the treble clef. I watched my teacher play the songs and copied her until I memorized them. Never learned a chord or scale...now I'm 43 and I only can play those few songs I memorized as a child. I want to learn the right way so that I can play anything I want with or without sheetmuzic. I've watched a few videos and yours is the only one that made chords so easy to understand!!

[@jeanchrist1085]

Same story !! I’m 21 now and I want to learn the right way

[@gailrussell9104]

Same here.

[@tinmya1]

Agree with others that this is the best tutorial I have seen for memorizing chords - very intuitive, logical, and easy to remember. Thank you so much!!!

[@ravenlunatic2627]

My dad used to play piano. He learned when he was a young boy, and when I was a kid, he used to play in pubs and clubs, so I've always wanted to learn to play myself. Now, far too many years later, I have my own piano and I'm determined to learn. This video is brilliant. Learning any instrumemt is daunting and it's good to have an idea where to start. Thanks for sharing.

[@niky9226]

This is by far the best vid I seen on memorizing chords so far as a beginner. As a visual person trying to memorize random series of letters feels like learning a new alphabet 😂😂😂 This will help a ton thank you!!!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AaronBowley]

wtf is random? there’s a specific interval between notes lol just 2/3 or 3/2 for basic minor/major chord

[@niky9226]

@@AaronBowley Lol .... I said as a beginner. And my brain understands better with visual patterns, not so well with letter sequences. Just made it easier for me in regards to what I was trying to figure out at the time.

[@JellyMelodies]

@@AaronBowley when learning new things it can seem quite alien before understanding intervals etc

[@AaronBowley]

@@JellyMelodies i teach music and with my new/beginner students we learn intervals on the first day (how to construct a major or minor chord from any note) .

[@sherimowery3251]

My piano teacher who taught me chords taught me this building all major chords with the pattern of starting at the root note, then moving 4 half steps to the next note, then 3 half steps to the last note of the chord. He taught the minor as root, then 3 half steps, then 4 half steps. This works out to be exactly what you taught. He also showed me the pattern for building 6ths, 7ths, augmented, diminished, etc. As he added more chord types, I would have me practice them in songs. He was a jazz pianist and was awesome. I wish I would have had him as my teacher for longer. I still have my list of how to build the chords 35 years later!

[@anthonynunyabizness9989]

I'll be damned if this isn't one of the most useful lessons I've seen for beginners. I just learned the hard way recently and I wish this was the very first video i watched before starting piano.

[@opiumextract2934]

Thank you for this video. I'm a 43 year old drummer who quit smoking (was at 4 packs a day) and now I have all sorts of time to learn things. Thanks!

[@Falaxuper]

A bit off the topic, but hard-core smokers will never fail to just dumbfound me. I used to smoke a little (like 5-6 cigs a day) starting from highschool all the way through uni, but quit that gross stuff and not looking back. How is it even possible to smoke 4 packs a day? Doesn't that add up to like a cig every 12 minutes? I couldn't smoke a pack in a day if I tried!

[@EC-cn1nr]

Timestamp 8:42 is what finally did it for me. After spending a lot of time on other channel's videos and websites without them helping at all (like learning all the "oreo" chords [black white black] or the "hamburgers" [white black white], etc.), once I did the practicing suggested in this video, it instantly clicked. And I mean instant. Suddenly I could play all the major keys without really thinking about it. In my next piano lesson, my teacher said "D major" and I immediately found the chord, whereas before it was such a struggle. Thank you!

[@Ranakade]

Absolute Chad. No intro just straight into the topic love this format. ❤️ The book I'm learning from only teaches through songs, but I really wanted to get the scales down to be able to write songs more easily. Thanks so much for making this video! ❤️🙏

[@peacemakersmat5]

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[@erkameksen7481]

in my opinion...... this is the most useful and facilitator "point of view" for grouping the chords.... thank you.

[@sarahanas]

This is so brilliant and easy!!! I never knew after watching few minutes I’ll be easily playing the chords on my keyboard!! This video is a true gem and I’m glad I found it. Thank you for sharing the info and putting out there 🙏

[@ChrisOatley]

Been learning piano for about a year now. This channel is what I’ve been searching for THE ENTIRE TIME. The PDFs too! Good pedagogy is severely lacking, not just on KZbin, but in general. Yours, my friend, is exemplary!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks, Chris!

[@gahmaellaing7632]

This is the best introductory video to chords I've watched. Hands down!

[@nathanielweekes24]

This video deserves a million likes and subs...now I can locate any major or minor chords including the flats and the sharps

[@abc456f]

I'm 66 and always had a piano or keyboard in the house. Took a few lessons when i was around 8-9, then again around 19-20. But I mostly taught myself by ear, learning chords. But I feel I've been stuck at the same level for years and years. People who aren't musicians hear me play and think I'm good but I know how much better I could be. I'm currently trying to decide which online course I'd like to try. I'd appreciate any suggestions for someone like me that doesn't really need an absolute beginner's course. Thanks!

[@martywilsonlife]

I designed something very similar about 7 years ago for my piano improv students. I figure we're all basically spatial learners when using chord progressions on the piano. Thx for your detailed video.

[@AtulBamne]

Thank you so very much for showing us a way to easily memorising and playing the Major and Minor chords. Please keep it up the good work!

[@amjPeace]

I love this concept of grouping the chords by pattern. Great lesson, thank you so very much!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Hopefully just makes them easier to memorise in the beginning

[@ValkyRiver]

@@PianoFromScratch Imagine how much easier it would be if every chord has the same fingering/pattern... Wait, that actually exists. It's called an "isomorphic keyboard". kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmndnISmacqappI

[@garreth4137]

The clarity this video bestowed upon me is heavenly.

[@stephanjaschonek8199]

I swear, ten minutes ago I just thought about learning all the basic chords on piano, so I am as flexible there as on the guitar; and boom, the algorithm serves me this video on a golden plate. Really spooky sometimes. Thanks for the vid though, it helped a lot!

[@santiagoluna6528]

This was amazingly explained. Loved the grouping, so much less intimidating.Thanks a million!

[@adityapadode]

Easy to understand and straight to the point. Thank you for the video!!

[@denise2169]

I studied piano in university and of course, never learned this. However, this is a helpful way of learning about the pattern and feel of chords! Nice! Thanks!

[@Levitator07]

This is brilliant man. Simplified chord structure so well making it really easy to visualise and hopefully keep myself right! Cheers!

[@2jazzen]

This is how I teach chords to the students for about 10 years! Great!

[@josie4439]

Great video and very well explained. I'm an older beginner and I found this video very helpful. Thank you 👍

[@PianoFromScratch]

Great to hear!

[@mr.leyvis]

The best chord memorizing lesson man, you're amazing. Thank you for it

[@ob_amponsah]

Loved this. You are the first tutor to help me understand the circle of fifths. Thank you.

[@dlee239]

I have been trying to get the hang of chords for a long time and just couldn't quite wrap my head around it for some reason. During this video a light bulb went off in my head and it all makes sense now. Thank you so much sir.

[@carolynspell4733]

Thank you so much you didn’t start off talking about who you were who you know who they knew and so forth and so on and before you know it half of the videos it’s just rambling on you did a super job you’ve got right to the point and thank you I just subscribe to you and I press the like button thank you❤️😊👍👍🥹

[@henryToped]

Remembering all major and minor chords has such a significant impact, it helps me to derive more complex chords, better understand chord progression (hence instantly recognize key signature), transcribe songs without using chord apps and etc. Old school but extremely important, it all starts with scales!

[@cocoxu7945]

Thank you, this is the best piano tutorial for beginners.

[@essentialdang]

This is the best piano tutorial on KZbin, so happy I found it!

[@WareBare]

What I done when I learned the guitar was play all the chords in sequence ie ABCD major over and over then minor Am Bm Cm etc. With 1 strum and then strum patterns ( even though they didn’t go together) then with barre chords! It worked well, I’m going to apply a similar method to the piano. I just bought a piano 😬 Thanks

[@APEMAN168]

this is probably the best chord lessons i have ever encountered thx

[@Buzz231094]

You’re a great teacher dude, will be checking more vids out as I’m at the beginning of my piano playing journey (27 yo) and this video was very helpful, thank you

[@oliviam1589]

I appreciate this so much as a huge visual learner, this simplifies everything!!!

[@grandstandforpiano1822]

Agree.

[@nathanwahl9224]

You nailed it, it's especially great for us visuals!!! The tactile and math (proportions) folks, too.

[@billnelson3732]

Genius! By FAR the best explanation video I've seen - just getting back into piano after many years away - thank you for this! I look forward to the rest of your videos.

[@evgeniyg.3694]

Will try it out! Looks really logical and straightforward

[@PeterWTaylor]

Thanks, very clearly presented. It was the D,E and A flat major I could never remember but I think I'll be able to manage that now.

[@ThaoThanh-xe2wj]

Thank you!

[@erskinepadmore1325]

Bought my own note book to draw big sketches to memorize & note my fingering.Practicing every nite & 1st thing every a.m. Your teaching clarity is so motivating, Thank you

[@struben9549]

I am coming to Piano from many years of playing guitar this is exactly the sort of thing i was looking for ... thank you

[@GesuHeche-fv4hx]

Very helpful explanation!

[@moorelo]

Thank you. I’ve been playing these shapes for years and not understanding what they were.

[@Muthu-ul5it]

Great video I learned so much from this video huge help

[@bigbenny_Ent]

@painofromscratch you are the best paino teacher in the whole world i understood the paino keys from scratch in just a day thank you so much

[@ptortland]

I just stumbled on this video today while working out in the gym! This is a GREAT video! I love learning patterns; it's so much more functional. I'm primarily a guitar player and drummer. But I want to improve my keys skills, and this video is really helpful.

[@skidog75233]

Good explanation. I used to wonder about the whys of chords, like why is a chord labeled a Gm or a G7 or a Gsus4 or even a Gdim. Knowing the scales you can easily make chord patterns on the keyboard. The magic and mathematics of music is amazing! 😀

[@noirberries]

This is absolutely gold!!!! thank you, I know some people wants to know the whys and hows, but i just want to know where to put my fingers, thank u a million for this content!

[@Fieldson1977]

It’s great that you’re teaching a sold method to help people play. I like that you demo’d one three five in-terms of fingering. I would argue that as the best fingering to practice as a beginner. It prepares you to advance more fluently

[@peppington]

Ok, I’ve just started attempting to learn piano and have been scouring the web for instructional vids, this video is a huge help, clear thinking and demonstration! Thank you!

[@elizabethpoole6495]

Thank you so much for this video. Finally after years of only playing by sight reading I now understand what’s going on!!!

[@muzafer1]

Thank you so much 🙏💯💯💯👍

[@brobra3280]

Thanks. This is all I needed…quick and useful.

[@38scsharma]

Sir - you are too good an Instructor - superb ! In fact you are '' Excellent " ! You made memorising chords, and how to make Majors and Minors sooo..... very simple ! Well done Sir - Plz keep it up ! Warm Regards.

[@lanquage_2733]

Wow coming back after learning every scale i can actually hear you.! This is beyond incredible!!! Thank you!!!!

[@Sjutturaah]

Coming from guitar, this works for me. All ive ever really practiced is shapes, i've added their corresponding names after. Thanks for this, this was very cool! Now i get it. Learning music theory would be beneficial but i just cannot seem to get myself to do it.

[@timajrobins]

Really enjoyed the practice tips for this, thank you - some great ideas! I have really focused on just locking in major chords recently -- practising first by group and then going up in half steps, hands separately then together etc -- and it has made the world of difference. I can feel the muscle memory developing and my speed of finding each chord increasing noticeably. Thanks again for the great content and guidance!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it’s working! Yea it’s satisfying when you can recognise things easily and your fingers just fall into place

[@dips1976]

Useful video very simple formula major is 1>4>3 for example if c major c is 1 | 4 is E | 3 is G and minor is 1> 3 >4 if c minor c is 1 | 3 is D# (sharp) 4 is E so on the formula is same for all keys

[@ShunsukeK1]

thanks a lot man

[@kadm27]

U have opened my mind, thanks

[@FlamingDragon-fz1bp]

Really useful thank you

[@alvinrhoda7344]

Always wanted to start as beginner. Never thought of putting my mind to it, never found the courage it put my fingers on black and white keys. Now I will kickstart for sure.

[@sirshep4915]

This just exploded, in a good way, my understanding of major and minor chord relationships. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joywxshington]

Thank you so so much. Finally not a video teaching me some songs or some '4 important chords'. I wanna learn this properly so thank you for this!!! Sub😊

[@apresmidi153]

Best video on chords I have seen, especially coming to piano from guitar! What a great method!

[@eyvcpa]

Thank you so much❤❤❤

[@dclumasag492]

Thank you so much for this lesson ❤️❤️❤️, I just bought a keyboard, and searching for the best beginner tutorial on memorizing Chords, This Tutorial is recommendable for all beginner who wants a faster learning on the chords.

[@RtB68]

I'm a reasonably competent amateur and I started with a keyboard that had the shapes light up. Sounds naff but it's very very effective. "Visual" learners should not be put off music simply because they learn differently. Great6 vid.

[@stacyperrone-petta3326]

The grouping was very helpful. TYSM

[@jamesmatheka565]

This video has been very helpful of all times

[@prathip007prathip]

very nice and good

[@sheracovington669]

For me, what worked was just looking up songs on Ultimate Guitar. In retrospect I started off with a lot of songs with chords in the key of C (totally not on purpose) and would sometimes discover a song with a flat or sharp that in the moment I would think ehhh it doesn't seem too hard which would over time open me up to songs with even more sharps/flats. I was at an age where I would just play songs on repeat so memorizing wasn't an issue. If this video seems confusing, I would try devoting a ton of energy to one chord song a week and always try to find a song with at least one new chord. This would be an organic way of learning but I think it also depends on your learning style!

[@WoodyGamesUK]

Same, I learned them through being exposed to them, although it did take longer to really know all the chords which root is a flat or sharp, up to the point where you don't have to even think about it.

[@daphinekandagor9122]

This is what doing now

[@studentpianovideos8739]

This is really helpful for beginners

[@joshisaacks1526]

Thanks for your level of clarity. You don't go off in the weeds at all. Very helpful!

[@AyeshaShaSha]

I know I don't know you personally but I was here when you had about 2k subscribers and I'm SO HAPPY to see how you've grown and blown up!!! So deserved! My new keyboard just arrived so I can't wait to get started properly. It has touch sensitive keys so I think that will really help me. It's the Yamaha PSR E373 if you're interested! Thanks so much for your incredible content! (That ending caught me off guard though haha! 🤣 I was like, "Oh! Guess I'll go practice then!)

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks! Very much appreciate the support. I see you have a channel doing well too so good luck with yours and have fun with your new keyboard! 🎹🙂

[@AyeshaShaSha]

@@PianoFromScratch thank you so much!! 😭😭I finally managed to nail some chord changes yesterday that I really wasn't able to do before so I'm making progress! Started teaching my 5 year old son too and he pics it up quicker than me! 🤣🤣

[@PianoFromScratch]

@@AyeshaShaSha Ah well done and good luck teaching your boy!

[@AyeshaShaSha]

@@PianoFromScratch Thank you!

[@DonnaPatterson-fy5tz]

New follower. We often overlook importance of the basics. Thx. Just what I need.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Hi and welcome aboard!

[@MrDownbeat]

Amazing lesson! Thank you for this content. So helpful.

[@sheldoniznow]

I agree, this is the best video I have seen and I have learnt so much. You have made it so simple for me to understand the chords that I have struggled with learning for all my life. Thank you.

[@quatrog4712]

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[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Watched this again, and this video really helped me to turbocharge my understanding.

[@scottdelkuu]

Now i understand the way you teaching me..💯👍

[@thingsthatmakemego-ooh]

This is so helpful, thank you. I don't read music, but I can certainly memorise those chords 😊

[@paultreneary]

Sooo helpful - only started piano last week ad this is already handy

[@solgarcia2570]

Loved this tutorial. It requires a lot of skills to have all the information in your head and be able to make it look this easy. Thank you so much!

[@aaronp0324]

EXACTLY what I was hoping to learn when I searched this topic! Thanks!

[@princessmiracle1988]

Same here

[@thebuffalo2263]

Wow man amazing

[@IsThatZaki]

Great tutorial on chords. This information really opened my mind to the world of music playing

[@zozik84]

I searched many videos. Non of them was as easy and useful as yours … many thanks

[@kennethwelsby2143]

Your video has been a tremendous help to me and I've spent the afternoon practicing your advice. Thanks so very much, I now actually believe I can play something other than bagpipes.

[@OluremiOgunde]

Wow Ken, you play bagpipes! That's an extraordinary instrument. Love love it's sound! Kudos!

[@minaujala3432]

New student from China，nice course！Thx！

[@webingerphoto49]

Thank you for your very informative video! You cleared up and made sense of the minor chords!

[@cherriplaza6781]

I have been playing piano for a while and have just kind of neglected the chord learning side of things. Your tutorial really helped and the way it was worded and strcutured was really easy to follow, thanks dude!

[@jimcampbell8054]

Awesome video. And you could probably take it further? Notice that each group of chords he demonstrates - C F and G (white white white) for example - follows the classic I / IV / V chord progression used in hundreds of popular songs. So after you've mastered what he's showing in the video, you should be able to play La Bamba or Twist and Shout in all 12 keys (starting with the keys of C (WWW), A (WBW) and Ab (BWB)). Then the logical sequel(s) to this video might be to do the whole thing again (a) using first inversions throughout; (b) using second inversions throughout; (c) starting in root position or 1st inversion or 2nd inversion for the I chord, and then fingering the easiest and closest inversions of the IV and V chords. By then you can do it all eyes closed!

[@markoszouganelis5755]

Thank you! I never thought to memorize the chords this way! Today I figure out all major and minor chords (that I haven't done this in my 5 years of learning the piano! Thank you! Very smart way!!!

[@Prasanthofficial11]

Very nice sir