Looking Up Chords Using The Chord Dictionary - Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-650 Owner's Manual

Style (Auto Accompaniment) Functions

Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary

The Dictionary function is useful when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to
play it.
Playing range
1
Press and hold the [MINUS ONE] button
for longer than a second to call up the
DICTIONARY display.
2
As an example, learn how to play a GM7
(G major seventh) chord.
2-1 Referring to the illustration, press the G key
in the "Chord Root" range so that "G" is
shown as the root note (no sound will be pro-
duced).
2-2 Referring to the illustration, press the M7
(major seventh) key in the "Chord Type"
range (no sound will be produced).
The notes you should play for the specified
chord (root note and chord type) are shown in
the display, both as notation and in the key-
board diagram.
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Chord Type range
3
Chord Root range
Notation of chord Chord name (root and type)
Individual notes of chord (keyboard)
To call up possible inversions of the chord, press
the [+]/[-] buttons.
NOTE
• About major chords: Simple major chords are usually
indicated only by the root note. For example, "C" refers to
C major. However, when specifying major chords here,
make sure to select "M" (major) after pressing the root
note.
Following the notation and keyboard
diagram in the display, try playing a
chord in the "Playing" range.
When you've played the chord properly, a bell
sound signals your success and the chord name in
the display will be highlighted.
To exit from this function, press the [EXIT] but-
ton.
Highest key