20
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.
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, 9, or m9 chord.
• This chart shows only one possible fingering position for each chord. It i s possi-
ble to play a chord using several different positions. For example, the following
three fingering positions produce the same C chord.
Major (M) Minor (m) Augmented
(aug) Suspended 4th
(sus4) Dominant 7th (7)
Minor 7th (m7) Major 7th (M7) Minor Half-
Diminished
(m7-5)
Major Half
Diminished (7-5)Dominant
Suspended 4th
(7sus4)
Major 9th (add9) Minor 9th
(madd9) Minor/Major 7th
(mM7) Diminished Diminished 7th
(dim7)
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