Piano Chords for Modern Music

Four modules connect chord construction with keyboard practice and songs. Dave Limina begins with triads, inversions and arpeggios before major, dominant and minor seventh chords. Applying the material to backing tracks helps learners hear the relationship between a chord’s structure and its role in a progression.

What you will learn

• Construct and play common chord types
• Develop useful inversions and arpeggios
• Apply seventh chords in a progression

Who this suits

The course is labelled Intermediate. Learners should already be comfortable finding notes and following basic music concepts, with access to a piano or keyboard for regular practice.

Before you enroll

The schedule suggests ten study hours in a week; individual practice may require longer. Course completion is separate from an instrumental examination. Learn a voicing slowly enough to hear and control every note, then test it in context. Memorizing a shape does not by itself explain why it suits a musical phrase.

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Put it into practice

Play an original four-chord progression with two sets of inversions. Record both and compare the movement between chords, then choose the version that best supports a simple melody.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 12 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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