Play a C major chord on piano
Find C once and you can find it anywhere on any keyboard.
- Find a group of two black keys. The white key just to their left is C.
- Right hand: thumb on C.
- Middle finger on E (two white keys up) and little finger on G (two more white keys up).
- Press all three together.
Tip: Slide the same skip-a-key shape up one white key at a time to get the other basic chords in C.
Try it now: Find every C on a keyboard app, then play the chord in two different places.