Playing Rhythm And Accompaniment (Style); Fingering Type; Setting The Fingering Type; Setting The Smart Chord Key - Yamaha PSR-E373 Owner's Manual

Playing Rhythm and Accompaniment (Style)

This instrument includes an Auto Accompaniment feature that automatically plays
appropriate "Styles" (rhythm + bass + chord accompaniment), controlled simply by
playing root notes or chords with your left hand.
You can select how you want to play the chords from two ways: "SmartChord," which
lets you play chords by playing a key with only one finger, and "Multi," which lets you
play them normally, with all the constituent notes.

Fingering Type

When playing the Styles, specify how to play chords
in the Auto Accompaniment range via "FingType"
("Fingering Type" Function 017; page 53). With this
instrument, you can choose from two fingering types.
 "SmartChord" (Default setting)
You can play the Style by playing only the root
note of a chord.
 "Multi"
This is a way to play the Style by playing all notes
of a chord. However, major, minor, seventh, and
minor sevenths can also be easily played by
pressing one to three keys.
For information about chords, refer to "Chord Types
for Style Playback" (page 26) or use the Chord Dic-
tionary function (page 28).

Setting the Fingering Type

1
Press the [FUNCTION] button several
times until "FingType" (Function 017;
page 53) appears.
"FingType" is shown in the display for a few sec-
onds, followed by the current Fingering Type.
FingType
017
1 SmartChd
017
2
Use the number buttons [0]-[9] or
[+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons to select
"SmartChd" or "Multi."
If "SmartChd" is selected, perform steps 3 and 4
below. If "Multi" is selected, skip steps 3 and 4.
3
Press the [Style] button to exit from the
Fingering Type settings.

Setting the Smart Chord Key

If "SmartChd" is selected in the "FingType," you need to
set the keys of the Songs you want to play in advance.
The specified key is called the Smart Chord Key.
1
Press the [FUNCTION] button until
"S.ChdKey" (Function 018; page 53)
appears.
The current Smart Chord Key appears.
SP0
S.ChdKey
018
2
Press the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons to
select the smart chord key that matches
the score.
For example, when you want to play the music
score below, you need to set the Smart Chord
Key to "FL2" (2 flats) (page 27).
3
Press the [Style] button to exit from the
Smart Chord Key settings.
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