Notice: Please be sure to learn your Major Chords before you attempt the minor chords on this page. It’ll make things whole lot easier.
If you’ve learned the 12 Major Chords you’re literally a half step away from learning the 12 minor chords.
This is going to be a very short article because you’ve done most of the work if you’ve learned the 12 Major chords already.
First, let’s take the C Major chord as an example. In order to make C Major into a C minor chord you just have to do one thing…take the middle note and move it down (to the left) one key. That’s it.
Here’s a D Major to a D minor.
Now take all of the Major Chords you learned earlier and play them on your piano. You’ll see that minor chords have a darker quality to them.
If you need to review the 12 Major Chords you can find them here. There’s also a Major Chord worksheet that you can get for free. Be sure to subscribe to color notes to get the Major Chord worksheet for free. Color Notes is a free newsletter that has tips and article for aspiring piano players at any level.
