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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(

 

)

 

 

 

Suspended

 

 

Dominant

 

 

4th (SUS4)

 

 

 

7th (7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major 7th

 

 

Minor Half-

 

 

 

(M7)

 

 

Diminished

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(m7-5)

()

Augmented (aug)

()

Minor 7th (m7)

Major Half-

Diminished

(7-5)

( )

Dominant

Major 9th

Minor 9th

Suspended

(add9)

(madd9)

4th (7sus4)

 

 

( )

Minor/Major

Diminished

Diminished

7th (mM7)

 

7th (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, 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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Radio Shack MD-1160 owner manual Standard Fingering