Smart - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-225 Owner's Manual

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE

Smart

The Smart type allows you to set the basic key for the chord accompani-
ment. Once this is set, you can simply press single keys in the scale and
have harmonically appropriate chords played automatically. For example,
with the key set to C, playing an D will result in an D minor chord (rather
than a harmonically inappropriate D major).
The Smart type is not only a convenient feature for easily playing various
chord progressions in a specified key, it's also an excellent learning tool to
find out how chords relate to each other harmonically in a given key.
1
Select a style.
Select one of the styles, as described in steps 1 - 2 on page 47.
2
Select the Smart Chord Guide.
Press the CHORD GUIDE button so that "Smart" appears briefly in
the display.
CHORD GUIDE
DICTIONARY
SMART
EZ
OFF
3
Set the desired key.
Use the +/- buttons on the numeric keypad to step through the
available keys, or use the numeric keypad to directly enter the num-
ber corresponding to the desired key (see chart below).
1
4
7
BWD
NO
Number Key (display indication, actual key)
#/b=0
01
#=1
02
#=2
03
04 #=3
#=4
05
#=5
06
#=6
07
#=7
08
64
STYLE
ACMP ON
Indicates selected key signature (shows
2 3
number of sharps or flats in key).
5 6
STYLE
8 9
rest 3
0
ACMP ON
velocity
FWD
YES
(C, or Am)
(G, or Em)
(D, or Bm)
(A, or F#m)
(E, or C#m)
(B, or G#m)
(F#, or D#m)
(C#, or A#m)
Smart
#/b=0
01
Number Key (display indication, actual key)
b=7
09
b=6
10
b=5
11
12 b=4
b=3
13
b=2
14
b=1
15
(Cb, or Abm)
(Gb, or Ebm)
(Db, or Bbm)
(Ab, or Fm)
(Eb, or Cm)
(Bb, or Gm)
(F, or Dm)