Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords; Easy Chords; Standard Chords - Yamaha PSR-E213 Owner's Manual

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords

You've learned in the section "Play with a Style (Accompaniment)" on page 21 that the
"feel" of the Style changes every time you play a chord on the left-hand side of the key-
board. Here, you'll learn the types of the chords and how to play them in greater detail.
The examples of chords are given here in the key of C.
There are two basic ways (below) you can play the chords on the left-hand side of the
keyboard, while playing the Style (page 22)

■ Easy Chords

■ Standard Chords

Easy Chords
This method lets you easily play chords in the accompaniment range of the
keyboard using only one, two, or three fingers.
C
• To play a major chord
Press the root note of
the chord.
Cm
• To play a minor chord
Press the root note
together with the near-
est black key to the left
of it.
Standard Chords
This method lets you produce accompaniment by playing chords using
normal fingerings in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.
(9)
C C
Csus Caug
4
(9)
CmM CmM
7 7
( #11)
(9)
C C
7 7
* Notes enclosed in parentheses are optional; the chords will be recognized without them.
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C
7
Cm
7
(9)
C C CM
6
6
CM aug Cm
Cm
7
b5 b5
Cm CmM Cdim
7 7
(13) (#9)
C C C
7 7
Split Point—default setting: 54 (F#2)
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• To play a seventh chord
Press the root note together
with the nearest white key to
the left of it.
• 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).
7 (9)
CM CM
7
(9) Cm Cm
6
Cdim C
7 7
b5
C aug C sus
7 7
7
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NOTE
• Root notes and the corre-
sponding keys
Accompaniment range
b5
(#11) (b5)
C CM
7 7
Cm (9) 7 ( 11)
Cm
7 7
(b9) (b13)
C C
7 7
C
4
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