Looking Up Chords Using The Chord Dictionary - Yamaha PSR-E323 Owner's Manual

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions
Looking up Chords Using the Chord
Dictionary
The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in
"chord dictionary" that shows you the individual
notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the
name of a certain chord and want to quickly
learn how to play it.
1
Press and hold the [1 LISTENING 2 TIM-
ING 3 WAITING] button for longer than a
second.
"Dict." will appear in the display.
Dict.
2
As an example, we'll learn how to play a
GM7 (G major seventh) chord. Press the "G"
key in the section of the keyboard labeled
>
"ROOT ." (The note doesn't sound.) The
root note you set is shown in the display.
Keys for chord type
dictionary
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Hold for longer
than a second.
Keys for root
dictionary
Dict.
001
3
Press the "M7" (major seventh) key in the
section of the keyboard labeled "CHORD
>
TYPE ." (The note doesn't sound.)
The notes you should play for the specified
chord (root note and chord type) are shown
in the display, both as notation and in the
keyboard diagram.
Notation of chord
001
Chord name (root
and type)
To call up possible inversions of the chord,
press the [+]/[-] buttons.
NOTE
• Major chords are usually indicated by the root name only. For
example, the indication "C" in a score refers to a "C Major"
chord. To look up the fingering for a major chord press the root
key and then the M chord type key.
• These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary function:
6(9), M7(9), M7( # 11), b 5, M7 b 5, M7aug, m7(11), mM7(9),
mM7 b 5, 7 b 5, sus2
4
Try playing a chord in the auto accompani-
ment section of the keyboard, checking the
indications in the display.
When you've played the chord properly, a
bell sound signals your success and the
chord name in the display flashes.
Dict.
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Individual notes of chord
(keyboard)