Playing Auto-Accompaniment Chords - Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-230 Owner's Manual

Playing Styles

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords

There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords:
● Easy Chords
● Standard Chords
The instrument will automatically recognize the different chord types. This function is called Multi Fingering.
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 20). The keyboard to the left of
the split point (default: 54/F#2) becomes the "accompaniment range". Play the accompaniment chords in
this area of the keyboard.
■Easy Chords
This method lets you easily play chords in the
accompaniment range of the keyboard using only
one, two, or three fingers.
C
• To play a major chord
Press the root note of the chord.
C
m
• To play a minor chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest black key to the left of it.
C
7
• To play a seventh chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest white key to the left of it.
C
m7
• To play a minor seventh chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest white and black keys to the left
of it (three keys altogether).
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Split point (default: 54/F#2)
b b # # b b
D E F G B D E
C D E F G A B C D E F
Accompaniment
range
Root notes and the corresponding keys
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b #
F
■Standard Chords
This method lets you produce accompaniment by
playing chords using normal fingerings in the
accompaniment range of the keyboard.
● How to play Standard Chords
C C
C C
M7
( b5 )
C C
M7
C C
m
( )
9
C C
m7
( b5 )
C C
m7
C C
7
( #11 )
C C
7
C C
7aug
* Notes enclosed in parentheses ( ) are optional; the chords
will be recognized without them.
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[Example for "C" chords]
( )
( 9 ) 9
C C
6 6
( 9 ) ( #11 ) ( b5 )
C C
M7 M7
C C
sus4 aug M7aug
( 9 )
C C
m m6 m7
( ) ( )
11 9
C C
mM7
m7 mM7
( b5 )
C C
mM7 dim dim7
( b9 ) ( b13 )
( 9 )
C C
7
7 7
( ) ( #9 ) ( b5 )
13
C C
7
7 7
C
7sus4 sus2