Yamaha Portatone, PSR-270 manual Chord Guide, Playing chord progressions songs with just one finger

Step 3 Chord Guide

Playing chord progressions (songs) with just one finger

The EZ Chord function gives you an exceptionally easy way to play the chords of a song. Simply press single keys in succession, and the PortaTone automatically plays the proper chords for you!

qEnter the Style mode, then press the CHORD GUIDE button until “EZ. is shown in the display.

STYLE1EZ

ACMP ON

DICTIONARY

SMART

CHORD EZ

GUIDE OFF

001 116TEMPO

w Select an EZ Chord bank.

STYLE2EZ

eStart the auto accompaniment.

P	SYNC-	START/	INTRO/	A
FF	START	STOP	ENDING rit.

rPress and release a single note on the key- board to play a chord.

Continue pressing the same key each time you want a new chord to be played.

Accompaniment

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tPlay the melody with your right hand as the auto accompaniment plays.

Want to find out more? See page 66.

Recording your own EZ Chord banks

You can also create your own custom chord progressions, and play along with those if you like.

Want to find out more? See page 68.

TEMPO	STYLE		001GrandPno
	VOICE
TRANSPOSE
TUNING
ACMP/SONG
VOLUME
METRONOME	MEASURE		TEMPO
VOLUME		001 116

TOUCH

USER

PRESET

METRO-

NOME

DICTIONARY

SMART

1

2

3

4

5

6~16

ACMP

SYNC-

START/

INTRO/

A

MAIN

B

CHORD

EZ

RECORD

ON/OFF

START

STOP

ENDING rit.

AUTO FILL

GUIDE

OFF

SONG TRACK

ce

zzq

xw

REVERB DUAL

HARMONY

Use these keys for the Chord Guide Dictionary function.

Keys for playing the accompaniment		Keys for entering the chord type	Keys for entering the chord root
	(C1 — F#2)	(C3 — B4)	(C5 — B5)

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