7 Super Easy Major Piano Chords for Beginners

Dying to learn just some simple major piano chords and start playing the song you love without having to go through the long piano lesson process? Don’t worry, I got ya.

In today’s post, I am going to show you how to do that and learn only the things that matter.

I will keep it simple so that you can master these major piano chords in no time.

The Most Basic Piano Chord

The most basic and easiest piano chord to play on the piano is the triad chord. As its name suggests, the triad consists of three notes played simultaneously.

These three notes are the root, 3rd and 5th notes of its scale.

For example, in the scale of C major, the notes are C, D, E, F, G, A, B and back to C. That means, the triad of the key C major consists of the notes C, E and G. Easy eh?

Another trick to remember which three notes are in the triad of the key you want to play in is to remember that there are three keys in between the root and the 3rd key (regardless black or white) and two keys in between the 3rd and the 5th key (regardless black or white).

Now, let’s learn the 3 major keys piano chords that you must add to your repertoire.

C major, G major, F major 

Let’s start with these three simple keys first. These keys have their own sets of key signatures (sharp or flat) or in layman term black keys on the piano.

Here are the keys with their key signatures:

• C major – all notes are neutral
• G major – F#(sharp)
• F major – Bb (flat)

Key signatures basically means that whenever you play the scale or a song in these keys, you will have to hit a sharp or a flat. However, when playing the triad chords for these keys, there are no sharp nor flats required. Here’s why.

Using G major as an example, the scale of G major consists of the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F# and back to G.

Remember I said earlier on that the triad consists of the root (first note), 3rd and 5th notes of its scale? So, the triad chord of the key G major is made of the root note G, followed by B and then D.

Below are the notes that make up the triad chords of these popular keys:

D major, A major, E major and B flat major

Another few more keys which are commonly used are D major, A major, E major and Bb major. If you are gamed, let’s get to it.

First, here are the keys with their key signatures:

• D major – F#, C#
• A major – F#, C#, G#
• E major –  F#, C#, G#, D#
• Bb major – Bb, Eb

Now, unlike the previous keys which we have seen, these keys have one sharp or flat in their triads.

Let’s use E major as an example. The scale of E major consists of the notes E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D# and back to E.

So the triad of E major consists of the notes, E, G# and B. Simple. The same goes for D major, A major and Bb major.

Here are the notes that make up the triad chords of these keys:

There, you now know seven major piano chords! How’s that for a start! Well, if you like to learn to play even more songs, you can try out some minor piano chords too. Head on to 7 Minor Piano Chords That You Should Start With to find out.

After learning both major and minor piano chords, click on the button below to download the 2 songs that you can start playing today!

You can also go all out and learn all major and minor chords in Learn Piano Chords in Less Than 10 Minutes.

Keep playing these chords as together as possible, meaning to say that all notes when played together, should sound like one sound only. Have fun and keep playing!