Standard Fingering
The standard fingering method uses standard formations of three or four notes, and lets the experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords.
This chart shows the 15 chord types you can play on your keyboard by using stan- dard fingering.
Major (M)Minor (m)
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Minor 7th (m7)
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Dominant | Major 9th | Minor 9th |
Suspended | (add9) | (madd9) |
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Minor/Major | Diminished | Diminished |
7th (mM7) |
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Notes:
•You do not have to press the key marked with parentheses on the keyboard in the preceding chart to produce a 7, m7, M7, mM7, add9, or madd9 chord.
•This chart shows only one possible fingering position for each chord. It is possi- ble to play a chord using several different positions. For example, the following three fingering positions produce the same C chord.
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