Smart - Yamaha Portatone PSR-340 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.
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).
Number Key (display indication, actual key)
#/b=0
01
#=1
02
#=2
03
#=3
04
05 #=4
#=5
06
07 #=6
#=7
08
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Smart
STYLE
Indicates selected key signature (shows
number of sharps or flats in key).
#/b=0
01
STYLE
(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)
Number Key (display indication, actual key)
b=7
09 (Cb, or Abm)
b=6
10 (Gb, or Ebm)
b=5
11 (Db, or Bbm)
b=4
12 (Ab, or Fm)
13 b=3 (Eb, or Cm)
b=2
14 (Bb, or Gm)
15 b=1 (F, or Dm)