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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)

Augmented

Suspended 4th

Dominant 7th (7)

 

 

(aug)

(sus4)

 

Minor 7th (m7)

Major 7th (M7)

Minor Half-

Major Half

Dominant

 

 

Diminished

Diminished (7-5)

Suspended 4th

 

 

(m7-5)

 

(7sus4)

Major 9th (add9)

Minor 9th

Minor/Major 7th

Diminished

Diminished 7th

 

(madd9)

(mM7)

 

(dim7)

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 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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