CHORDS IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR

If you play the white notes from one C note to another (from LEFT to RIGHT) you will have played the scale of C (major)… C D E F G A B C
A chord can be built on each of these notes, giving you seven chords. Three are called major chords, three are minor chords and one is a ‘diminished’ chord.Here are the chords. (The major chords don’t use any symbol for major, i.e. C Major is written simply as C)