Yamaha DGX-305, DGX-505 manual Looking Up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary

Style (Auto-accompaniment) Functions Reference

Looking Up Chords Using the Chord 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 and hold the [LESSON MODE] button for longer than a second. The DICTIONARY display will appear.

Hold for longer than a second

2 As an example, we’ll learn how to play a GM7 (G major seventh) chord. Press the “G” key in the section of the keyboard labeled “CHORD ROOT.” (The note doesn’t sound.) The root note you set is shown in the dis- play.

3 Press the “M7” (major seventh) key in the section of the keyboard labeled “CHORD TYPE.” (The note doesn’t sound.) The notes you should play for the specified chord (root note and chord type) are shown in the dis- play, both as notation and in the keyboard diagram.

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.

NOTE

•Be aware that the chord types explained here are the left-hand notes applied to various styles and different from the one for the per- formance assistant technology feature.

4 Try playing a chord in the auto accompani- ment section of the keyboard, checking the indications in the display. When you’ve played the chord properly, a bell sound sig- nals your success and the chord name in the display is highlighted.

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