Standard Fingering - Optimus MD-1600 Owner's Manual

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Standard Fingering

The standard fingering method uses standard formations of 3–4 notes, and lets the
experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords. You can play
these 15 chord types on your MD-1600, in any key, using the standard fingering
method.
Major (M) Minor (m)
Minor 7th (m7) Major 7th (M7)
Major 9th (add9) Minor 9th
(madd9)
Notes:
• To produce a simple variation of a 7, m7, M7, mM7, add9, or madd9 chord, you
can omit the finger positions shown in parentheses (on the keys).
• When producing an aug, 7-5, or dim7 chord, the lowest note you play determines
the root of the chord. Be sure your fingering correctly defines the root you want.
• The diagrams above show only one possible fingering position for each chord. It
is possible to play a chord using several different positions. For example, these
three fingering positions produce the same C chord.
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Augmented Suspended 4th
(aug) (sus4)
Minor Half- Major Half
Diminished Diminished (7
-5
(m7 )
Minor/Major 7th Diminished
(mM7)
Dominant 7th (7)
Dominant
-5
) Suspended 4th
(7sus4)
Diminished 7th
(dim7)