🎹 How to Play Any Chord on Piano – Complete Tutorial 1. Understanding What a Chord Is A chord is when you play two or more notes together. Most common chords have three notes (called triads) or four notes (extended chords). --- 2. The Three Elements of a Chord Any chord can be broken down into: 1. Root – The starting note (name of the chord comes from this note). 2. Quality – Whether it’s major, minor, diminished, augmented, etc. 3. Extensions/Alterations – Extra notes (like 7ths, 9ths, 11ths,