Once you are familiar with playing different types of chords around the key cycle, the next step is to put them to practical use. The best way to start this is to learn the scale tone chords of each major and minor key. This is obviously a long term project, but if you work steadily at it, you will be amazed at the results within a few months. The triad pattern for all major keys is shown here. Learn it from memory and then apply it to all major scales as shown in the following table.