Piano Chord Visualizer & Player
Learn the shape, hear the chord, and practice it on the virtual piano.
How to use the piano chord finder
Every chord on this page can be played, seen on a keyboard and explained by its formula. Here is how to read each part of the card, and what to do with it once you have.
Find a chord by name or by shape
Typing in the search box filters the whole library as you type, so C, Cm, C7 or Cmaj7 each land on a chord. The two filters underneath narrow it by root note and by chord type: twelve roots, across major, minor, seventh, major seventh, suspended, diminished and augmented. Root plus type is the fastest way to reach a chord you cannot spell.
The keyboard is the voicing
The highlighted keys are the notes of the chord in root position, lowest note first. The leftmost highlighted key is the root, and the names printed beside the keyboard follow that order. Play it once to hear the shape, then look away from the screen and find the same keys by feel — that is the point of the diagram.
The formula explains why those notes
Major is 1-3-5, minor is 1-b3-5, a seventh adds the seventh, suspended replaces the third, diminished flattens the fifth, augmented raises it. The interval row names each distance from the root, which is what lets you build the chord in any key instead of memorising ninety-six separate shapes.
Inversions keep your hand in one place
Root position starts on the root; the first inversion moves the root up an octave, the second moves the third as well. All three contain the same notes, so choosing the inversion closest to the chord before it is what makes a progression sound smooth instead of jumpy. The buttons play each one so you can hear the difference.
Fingering is written for both hands
RH 1-3-5 means thumb, middle finger and little finger in the right hand; LH 5-3-1 is the same shape mirrored in the left. Sevenths stretch that to four notes, and the numbers shift for suspended and diminished chords. The practice link opens the chord on the full keyboard, where the space bar works the sustain pedal.
Practise by chord family
Run the twelve major chords one after another, then the twelve minors, then the sevenths. Hearing a family in sequence teaches the shape faster than learning chords in the order a song needs them, because your hand only has to learn one pattern at a time.
A chord is a shape and a reason. Learn the shape from the keyboard, then check the formula — once the two line up, you can find that chord in any key without the page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Search for the chord by name, or use the category filters to browse major, minor, 7th, maj7, sus, diminished and augmented families. Selecting a chord opens its detail view with the notes it contains and, on guitar, the fingering diagram for the shape.
Every chord has a play control that sounds the chord using the same instrument voice as the simulators. On guitar it is strummed across the strings, and on piano the notes are struck together, so you hear the chord the way you would actually play it.
Start with the open chords C, G, D, Em and Am, which between them cover a huge number of popular songs. Once you can change between them cleanly, add F and Dm, and then begin exploring 7th chords to add colour to your progressions.
Once you know a few shapes, open the Song Builder for your instrument and add those chords to a sequence. Set a tempo, choose a strumming or playing style, and loop the result so you can practise changing between the chords in time with the playback.
The piano page includes note labels for learning key names, a Mark mode for selecting and replaying specific notes, octave controls to move up and down the keyboard, and a volume control. These tools let you turn free play into focused practice on a particular scale, chord or passage.