Dictionary - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-275 Owner's Manual

Selecting and Playing Styles

Dictionary

The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in "chord book" that shows you the
individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord
and want to quickly learn how to play it.
1
Press the [Dict.] button.
2
Specify the root of the chord.
Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord root (as
printed on the panel).
Pressing this key selects
the root G.
3
Specify the type of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.).
Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord type (as
printed on the panel).
Pressing this key selects
the major seventh chord
type (M7).
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Notation of chord
Chord name Individual notes of chord
(root and type) (keyboard)
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• For a few specific chords, not all
notes may be shown in the nota-
tion section of the display. This is
due to space limitations in the
display.
• You can also show the inversion
of chord when using [+]/[–] but-
ton.
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