Looking Up Chords Using The Chord Dictionary - Yamaha PSR-E243 YPT-240 Owner's Manual

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C hord D ictionary
The Dictionary function is useful when you know the
name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how
to play it.
1
Press and hold the [3 WAITING] button
for longer than a second to call up
Dict.
Dict. will appear in the display.
This operation will divide the entire keyboard into
the three ranges as illustrated below.
The range to the right of ROOT
Lets you specify the Chord Root, but produces no
sound.
The range between CHORD TYPE
ROOT :
Lets you specify the Chord Type, but produces no
sound.
The range to the left of CHORD TYPE
Lets you play and confirm the Chord specified in the
above two ranges.
2
As an example, learn how to play a GM7
(G major seventh) chord.
2-1. Press the G key in the section to the right
of ROOT so that the G is shown as
the root note.
2-2.
:
and
To call up possible inversions of the chord, press
:
the [+]/[-] buttons.
NOTE
About major chords: Simple major chords are usually
indicated only by the root note. For example, C refers
to C major. However, when specifying major chords
here, make sure to select M (major) after pressing the
root note.
These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary
function: 6(9), M7(9), M7(
m7(11), mM7(9), mM7
3
Following the notation and keyboard
diagram in the display, try playing a
chord in the range to the left of CHORD
TYPE
When you' ve played the chord properly, a bell
sound signals your success and the chord name in
the display flashes.
001
Press the key labeled M7 in the section
between CHORD TYPE and ROOT.
The notes you should play for the specified
chord (root note and chord type) are conve-
niently shown in the display, both as nota-
tion and in the keyboard diagram.
Dict.
001
11), 5, M7 5, M7aug,
# b b
5, 7 5, sus2
b b
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