Playing Auto-Accompaniment Chords - Yamaha Portatone PSR-295 Owner's Manual

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords

There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords:
● Easy Chords
● Standard Chords
The instrument will automatically recognize the different chord types. This function is called Multi Fingering.
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 24). The keyboard to the left of the split point
(default: 54/F#2) becomes the "accompaniment range." Play the accompaniment chords in this area of the keyboard.
■ Easy Chords
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
This method lets you easily play chords in the accompa-
niment range of the keyboard using only one, two, or
three fingers.
C
• To play a major chord
Press the root note of the chord.
C
m
• To play a minor chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest black key to the left of it.
C
7
• To play a seventh chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest white key to the left of it.
C
m7
• To play a minor seventh chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest white and black keys to the
left of it (three keys altogether).
Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions
Split point (default: 54/F#2)
b b # # b b b #
D E F G B D E F
C D E F G A B C D E F
Accompaniment
range
Root notes and the corresponding keys
■ Standard Chords
This method lets you produce accompaniment by play-
ing chords using normal fingerings in the accompani-
ment range of the keyboard.
● How to play Standard Chords
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
( 9 )
C C
C
6
( ) ( #11
9
C C C
M7 M7 M7
( b5 )
C C C
M7 sus4 aug
( 9 )
C C
C
m m m6
( 9 ) ( 11 )
C C C
m7 m7 mM7
b5
( b5 ) ( )
C C C
m7 mM7 dim
b13
( b9 ) (
C C C
7 7 7
( #11 ) ( 13 ) ( #9
C C C
7 7 7
C C C
7aug 7sus4
1+2+5
* Notes enclosed in parentheses (
be recognized without them.
DGX-205/203, PSR-295/293 Owner's Manual
Reference
[Example for "C" chords]
( 9 )
C
6
) ( b5 )
C
C
M7aug
C
m7
( )
9
C
mM7
C
dim7
) ( 9 )
C
7
) ( b5 )
C
7
) are optional; the chords will
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