Sarah Bonsignore’s Chord Shape Charts are designed to make learning harmony simple, visual, and accessible from the very beginning. Instead of seeing chords as a collection of individual notes to memorize, students learn to recognize shapes, patterns, and consistent hand positions that they can return to again and again.

By developing these familiar chord shapes, young musicians build muscle memory, keyboard awareness, coordination, and an understanding of how chords relate to one another. As their skills grow, those same foundational shapes can be expanded into inversions, different accompaniment patterns, more sophisticated harmonies, and eventually lead-sheet and chord-symbol reading.

Best of all, learning chords gives students the freedom to make real music right away! Once they understand a handful of common chord shapes and patterns, they can begin to sing and play along with hundreds of songs they already know and love—turning music practice into something creative, rewarding, and genuinely useful.

Ms Sarah’s goal is not simply to teach students a song, but to give them a musical vocabulary they can keep building on for years to come: see the shape, hear the harmony, find the pattern, and PLAY! 🎹

BONUS!! Sarah included three song sheets to try once you know the simple shapes! Two popular songs you may know, and one she wrote for her students for Thanksgiving. Keep calm and Sing Play On!