Keyboard Picture Chord Encyclopedia: Keyboard/Piano Book

Having a trusted mentor at your fingertips. Every page offers clarity and confidence, whether you are decoding a complex altered chord or rediscovering how many ways a single harmony can be voiced. It transforms chord reference from frustration into discovery.

Jazz pianists, contemporary music directors, and any keyboardist who needs reliable voicing options beyond simple triads. This is essential for students learning to comp, arrange, or improvise, and for experienced players who want to deepen their harmonic vocabulary and understand the logic behind different voicing choices.

• Use the alphabetical index to quickly find the exact chord voicing you need mid-rehearsal without derailing momentum.
• Study the chord construction explanations alongside the photographs to understand why certain fingerings work; this develops your ability to voice chords yourself on unfamiliar songs.
• Cross-reference the scale degree labels with the staff notation to connect theoretical knowledge to the physical layout of the keyboard.

Keep a copy in your studio for students to reference during lessons on harmony, voicing, and improvisation. Many directors place it in the rehearsal room as a resource for jazz ensemble members working on arrangements, or lend it to keyboardists preparing for accompanying roles in musical theatre.

• Reading chord voicings across both treble and bass clefs
• Understanding chord construction and interval relationships
• Recognizing and playing chord inversions
• Identifying altered chord structures and their notation
• Building harmonic vocabulary through systematic study of extensions and substitutions
• Developing independence in finding voicings without relying solely on staff notation