piano chords

Piano chord progressions are considered as the simple movement from one  piano chord to the other piano chord in some harmonic framework. The piano chord progression is translated in language that can be understood very easily. This is done especially for the beginners and for the music students. This implies the playing of the piano chords in a right and a pleasant way that is "harmonically" correct.

To learn the piano chord progression you will need to take help from the major scale notes correctly. They also help you to construct the  piano chords by the combination of the various scale notes together. Once you know the scales and the piano chords correctly you can then put your knowledge to learn the piano chord progression. It has been seen that there are many different ways of combining the piano chords so that you can form a music piece. You need to focus on the popular piano chord progressions only.
Combining of the piano chords basically refers to the movement of the  piano chords. Piano chord progression is based upon the major scales and on the scale tone piano chords. This implies that the 1st, 5th and 4th tones will be the Major piano chords, and the 2nd, 6th and 3rd tones will be the minor piano chords. Here the 7th tone is referred as the diminished  piano chord. Generally it has been seen that the diminished piano chord comprises of the 1st, flatted third (b3rd), and flatted fifth (b5th) tones from the major scale. This therefore implies that the 3rd and the 5th tones are lowered by a single half step.

The major, minor and the diminished are called as the 3-note or the triad  piano chord progressions. For the 7th piano chord progression, the 1st and the 4th tones are called the Major 7th  piano chords, while the 2nd, the 3rd, and the 6th tones are known as the minor 7th piano chords. Remember that the 5th tone is known as the dominant 7th  piano chord while the 7th tone is known as the half diminished 7th piano chord.

A dominating 7th piano chord requires the combination of the 1st, 5th, 3rd, and or seventh tones the b7th from the major scale. If you lower the 7th note by 1/2 steps then you can get the dominating piano chord. To get a 1/2 diminished 7th piano chord you will need to combine the 1st, flatted 3rd, flatted fifth, and the flatted seventh tones notes of the major scale.

Scale tone piano chords, are another type of the piano chords that comprises of the  tones from a particular scale like C, D, F#, etc.

Building Triad Chords......

A triad’s type relies on both its third and its fifth; or, more specifically, the distance between these notes and the root note. Compare the four most common triad types using C as the root:

 ■ C Major
  Root: C
  M3: E
  P5: G

 ■ C Minor
  Root: C
  m3: E♭
  P5: G

 ■ C Diminished
  Root: C
  m3: E♭
  ♭5: G♭

 ■ C Augmented
  Root: C
  M3: E
  ♯5: G♯

             ○ Cmaj7: C - E - G - B (M3, P5, M7)
             ○ Cdom7: C - E - G - B♭ (M3, P5, m7)

             ○ Cmin7: C - E♭ - G - B♭ (m3, P5, m7)
             ○ Cm/M7: C - E♭ - G - B (m3, P5, M7)