Piano chords by difficulty

All 240 chords in three bands, sorted by what the hand has to do: black keys, the thumb on one, span, number of notes.

White keys only (44)

The hand lies flat at the front, no finger has to go back. This is where you start.

Chord	Type	Effort
C	major	0
F	major	0
G	major	0
Am	minor	0
Dm	minor	0
G7	dominant seventh	0
Em	minor	0
Am7	minor seventh	0
Dm7	minor seventh	0
Em7	minor seventh	0
Cmaj7	major seventh	0
Fmaj7	major seventh	0
Bm7b5	half-diminished	0
A7sus4	7sus4	0
Asus2	sus2	0
Asus4	sus4	0
Bdim	diminished	0
C6	sixth	0
Cadd9	add9	0
Csus2	sus2	0
Csus4	sus4	0
D7sus4	7sus4	0
Dm6	minor sixth	0
Dsus2	sus2	0
Dsus4	sus4	0
E7sus4	7sus4	0
Esus4	sus4	0
F6	sixth	0
Fadd9	add9	0
Fsus2	sus2	0
G6	sixth	0
G7sus4	7sus4	0
Gadd9	add9	0
Gsus2	sus2	0
Gsus4	sus4	0
A11	eleventh	1
Am9	minor ninth	1
Cmaj9	major ninth	1
D11	eleventh	1
Dm9	minor ninth	1
Fmaj9	major ninth	1
G11	eleventh	1
G9	ninth	1
G13	thirteenth	2

With one or two black keys (87)

One finger goes back, the thumb stays forward — that is the small step.

Chord	Type	Black	Effort
D	major	1	1
A	major	1	1
D7	dominant seventh	1	1
Gm	minor	1	1
C7	dominant seventh	1	1
F7	dominant seventh	1	1
Gm7	minor seventh	1	1
Bm	minor	1	1
A7	dominant seventh	1	1
Cm	minor	1	1
E7	dominant seventh	1	1
Gmaj7	major seventh	1	1
Am7b5	half-diminished	1	1
Bm7	minor seventh	1	1
Dm7b5	half-diminished	1	1
E	major	1	1
Em7b5	half-diminished	1	1
Fm	minor	1	1
Aadd9	add9	1	1
Aaug	augmented	1	1
Adim	diminished	1	1
Am6	minor sixth	1	1
B7sus4	7sus4	1	1
Baug	augmented	1	1
Bdim7	diminished seventh	1	1
Bsus4	sus4	1	1
C7sus4	7sus4	1	1
Caug	augmented	1	1
Cm6	minor sixth	1	1
D6	sixth	1	1
Dadd9	add9	1	1
Ddim	diminished	1	1
Ddim7	diminished seventh	1	1
Eaug	augmented	1	1
Edim	diminished	1	1
Em6	minor sixth	1	1
Esus2	sus2	1	1
Faug	augmented	1	1
Fdim	diminished	1	1
Fdim7	diminished seventh	1	1
Fm6	minor sixth	1	1
Fsus4	sus4	1	1
Gaug	augmented	1	1
Gm6	minor sixth	1	1
Cm7	minor seventh	2	2
B7	dominant seventh	2	2
Dmaj7	major seventh	2	2
Fm7	minor seventh	2	2
B	major	2	2
A6	sixth	2	2
A9	ninth	1	2
Adim7	diminished seventh	2	2
Amaj7	major seventh	2	2
Bm6	minor sixth	2	2
Bsus2	sus2	2	2
C11	eleventh	1	2
C9	ninth	1	2
Cdim	diminished	2	2
Cdim7	diminished seventh	2	2
D9	ninth	1	2
Daug	augmented	2	2
E11	eleventh	1	2
E6	sixth	2	2
Eadd9	add9	2	2
Edim7	diminished seventh	2	2
Em9	minor ninth	1	2
Emaj7	major seventh	2	2
F7sus4	7sus4	2	2
F9	ninth	1	2
Fm7b5	half-diminished	2	2
Gdim	diminished	2	2
Gdim7	diminished seventh	2	2
Gm7b5	half-diminished	2	2
Gm9	minor ninth	1	2
Gmaj9	major ninth	1	2
Amaj9	major ninth	2	3
B11	eleventh	2	3
Bm9	minor ninth	2	3
C13	thirteenth	1	3
Cm9	minor ninth	2	3
D13	thirteenth	1	3
Dmaj9	major ninth	2	3
E9	ninth	2	3
F11	eleventh	2	3
F13	thirteenth	1	3
Fm9	minor ninth	2	3
A13	thirteenth	2	4

Thumb on black, or three black keys (109)

The whole hand has to move up.

Chord	Type	Black	Effort
Bb	major	1	3
Bbmaj7	major seventh	1	3
F#m7b5	half-diminished	1	3
Abaug	augmented	1	3
B6	sixth	3	3
Badd9	add9	3	3
Bb6	sixth	1	3
Bbadd9	add9	1	3
Bbsus2	sus2	1	3
Bmaj7	major seventh	3	3
C#dim	diminished	1	3
C#m7b5	half-diminished	1	3
Cm7b5	half-diminished	3	3
Dbaug	augmented	1	3
Ebaug	augmented	1	3
F#dim	diminished	1	3
G#dim	diminished	1	3
G#dim7	diminished seventh	1	3
Eb	major	2	4
Bb7	dominant seventh	2	4
Ab	major	2	4
F#m	minor	2	4
Ab6	sixth	2	4
Abmaj7	major seventh	2	4
B9	ninth	3	4
Bbaug	augmented	2	4
Bbdim	diminished	2	4
Bbdim7	diminished seventh	2	4
Bbm	minor	2	4
Bbm6	minor sixth	2	4
Bbmaj9	major ninth	1	4
Bbsus4	sus4	2	4
C#dim7	diminished seventh	2	4
C#m	minor	2	4
C#m7	minor seventh	2	4
Db	major	2	4
Db7	dominant seventh	2	4
Dbmaj7	major seventh	2	4
Eb6	sixth	2	4
Ebadd9	add9	2	4
Ebdim	diminished	2	4
Ebdim7	diminished seventh	2	4
Ebmaj7	major seventh	2	4
Ebsus2	sus2	2	4
Emaj9	major ninth	3	4
F#7sus4	7sus4	2	4
F#aug	augmented	2	4
F#dim7	diminished seventh	2	4
F#m7	minor seventh	2	4
F#sus4	sus4	2	4
G#m	minor	2	4
G#m6	minor sixth	2	4
G#m7b5	half-diminished	2	4
Eb7	dominant seventh	3	5
Ab7	dominant seventh	3	5
Abadd9	add9	3	5
Absus2	sus2	3	5
Absus4	sus4	3	5
Bb7sus4	7sus4	3	5
Bb9	ninth	2	5
Bbm7	minor seventh	3	5
Bbm7b5	half-diminished	3	5
Bmaj9	major ninth	4	5
C#m6	minor sixth	3	5
Db6	sixth	3	5
Db7sus4	7sus4	3	5
Dbadd9	add9	3	5
Dbsus2	sus2	3	5
Dbsus4	sus4	3	5
E13	thirteenth	3	5
Ebm	minor	3	5
Ebm6	minor sixth	3	5
Ebm7b5	half-diminished	3	5
Ebmaj9	major ninth	2	5
Ebsus4	sus4	3	5
F#	major	3	5
F#7	dominant seventh	3	5
F#m6	minor sixth	3	5
F#maj7	major seventh	3	5
F#sus2	sus2	3	5
G#m7	minor seventh	3	5
Ab7sus4	7sus4	4	6
Abmaj9	major ninth	3	6
B13	thirteenth	4	6
Bb11	eleventh	3	6
Bb13	thirteenth	2	6
Bbm9	minor ninth	3	6
C#m9	minor ninth	3	6
Db9	ninth	3	6
Dbmaj9	major ninth	3	6
Eb7sus4	7sus4	4	6
Eb9	ninth	3	6
Ebm7	minor seventh	4	6
F#11	eleventh	3	6
F#6	sixth	4	6
F#add9	add9	4	6
F#m9	minor ninth	3	6
Ab9	ninth	4	7
Db11	eleventh	4	7
Eb11	eleventh	4	7
Eb13	thirteenth	3	7
Ebm9	minor ninth	4	7
F#9	ninth	4	7
F#maj9	major ninth	4	7
G#m9	minor ninth	4	7
Ab11	eleventh	5	8
Ab13	thirteenth	4	8
Db13	thirteenth	4	8
F#13	thirteenth	5	9

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