Standard Fingering - Radio Shack MD-981 Owner's Manual

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Standard Fingering

The standard fingering method uses standard formations of three or four notes, and
lets the experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords.
This chart shows the 15 chord types you can play on your keyboard by using stan-
dard fingering.
Major (M)
Suspended
4th (SUS4)
Major 7th
Dominant
Suspended
4th (7sus4)
Minor/Major
7th (mM7)
Notes:
• You do not have to press the key marked with parentheses on the keyboard in
the preceding chart to produce a 7, m7, M7, mM7, 9, or m9 chord.
• This chart shows only one possible fingering position for each chord. It is possi-
ble to play a chord using several different positions. For example, the following
three fingering positions produce the same C chord.
Minor (m)
( )
Dominant
7th (7)
( )
Minor Half-
(M7) Diminished
(m7 -5 )
( )
Major 9th
(add9)
( )
Diminished
Operation
Augmented
(aug)
( )
Minor 7th
(m7)
Major Half-
Diminished
(7 -5 )
( )
Minor 9th
(madd9)
Diminished
7th (dim7)
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