Fingertips — a clear, beginner-friendly way to
learn piano & keyboard chords
Learn, recognise, and use chords through clear shapes, colour-grouped families, and real musical context — even complete beginners can start playing real music within days, without sheet music or theory first.
What Fingertips gives you
• Guided learning Paths for beginners — a fast-track system to start playing familiar-sounding chords and progressions with confidence
• A comprehensive, well-organised library of piano & keyboard chords to support your learning as you grow
• Clear chord shapes using photos, diagrams, and consistent layouts
• Colour-grouped chord families to help recognition and memory
• Fingertips Tips, chord progressions, and song examples for real-world use
• A practical, learning-first approach — focused on playing and recognition, not academic theory
If you’re starting out...
Begin with Fingertips Paths — a fast-track, proven learning system that we have carefully designed for absolute beginners.
Start with simple chord families and learn shapes step by step, building recognition and confidence as you go.
No sheet music. No theory overload. Many learners are playing familiar-sounding progressions within days, not months.
As your confidence grows, Fingertips naturally becomes both a guided learning system and a reliable reference you can return to at any time.
When you know what you’re looking for…
1. Find the chord you need
Browse chords by type and family, organised clearly and consistently.
2. See the shape instantly
Photos and diagrams show you exactly how the chord is played.
3. Use it in real music
Tips, progressions, and examples help you apply chords musically.
Preview a Fingertips page
This sample page shows the layout and types of content you’ll find throughout Fingertips, including chord boxes, Fingertips Tips, chord progressions, and song examples.
On the full site, chord pages rotate between these elements — this sample simply brings them together in one place for demonstration.
Why Fingertips is different
• Fingertips starts with chords, not scales or exercises
• Shapes, colour, and layout help you recognise chords quickly
• Built for real playing, real songs, and real musical situations
• No exam pressure, no theory overload — just usable reference
Ready to explore Fingertips?
Fingertips combines a clear, beginner-friendly learning system with a growing, carefully organised chord library.
Lifetime access means you can learn at your own pace, with new elements added over time, to give you a constantly growing learning and reference resource.