Yamaha PSR-270, Portatone Select a style, Select the Smart Chord Guide, Set the desired key

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	EZ		Smart
	DICTIONARY	STYLE
	SMART
GUIDE	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).

Indicates selected key signature (shows number of sharps or flats in key).

STYLE 01#/b=0

Number Key (display indication, actual key) Number Key (display indication, actual key)

01	#/b=0	(C, or Am)
02	#=1	(G, or Em)
03	#=2	(D, or Bm)
04	#=3	(A, or F#m)
05	#=4	(E, or C#m)
06	#=5	(B, or G#m)
07	#=6	(F#, or D#m)
08	#=7	(C#, or A#m)

09	b=7	(Cb, or Abm)
10	b=6	(Gb, or Ebm)
11	b=5	(Db, or Bbm)
12	b=4	(Ab, or Fm)
13	b=3	(Eb, or Cm)
14	b=2	(Bb, or Gm)
15	b=1	(F, or Dm)

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