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title: "A two-minute order for learning piano chords"
description: "A short Open Studio video that puts piano chord skills in a fixed order, from triads to all 12 keys."
date: 2026-09-24T12:00:00+02:00
lastmod: 2026-11-03T00:46:22+01:00
url: https://klimek.link/posts/2026-09-24-learn-piano-chords-order/
author: "Marcin Klimek"
source: https://klimek.link/posts/2026-09-24-learn-piano-chords-order/
---

# A two-minute order for learning piano chords

Source: [The BEST way to learn piano chords (Open Studio, YouTube Shorts)](https://youtube.com/shorts/WgrGMNwRzUA)

A two minute Short from Open Studio on what to learn after your first chords. The teacher's order: root position triads all over the keyboard, then inversions, open voicings and broken chords under a melody, then sevenths, ninths and slash chords, and all twelve keys at the end. Each step in the teacher's telling starts with "once I had that".

**TL;DR**

- Root position triads: play a note, skip a note, skip another
- Move the shape around the piano, try other ranges
- Inversions: voice leading, wider range
- Open voicings: lighter versions of the same triads
- Break chords up: melody on top, or arpeggios
- Extensions: sevenths, ninths, slash chords
- All 12 keys

Source: https://klimek.link/posts/2026-09-24-learn-piano-chords-order/