Yamaha PSR - E203, YPT - 200 Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords, Easy Chords, Standard Chords, ■ Easy Chords, ■ Standard Chords

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords

You’ve learned in the section “Play with a Style (Accompaniment)” on page 21 that the “feel” of the Style changes every time you play a chord on the left-hand side of the key- board. Here, you’ll learn the types of the chords and how to play them in greater detail. The examples of chords are given here in the key of C.

There are two basic ways (below) you can play the chords on the left-hand side of the keyboard, while playing the Style (page 22)

Split Point—default setting: 54 (F#2)

■ Easy Chords■ Standard Chords

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Easy Chords

This method lets you easily play chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard using only one, two, or three fingers.

C	• To play a major chord	C7	• To play a seventh chord
	Press the root note of		Press the root note together
	the chord.		with the nearest white key to
			the left of it.
Cm	• To play a minor chord	Cm7	• To play a minor seventh chord
	Press the root note		Press the root note together
	together with the near-		with the nearest white and
	est black key to the left		black keys to the left of it
	of it.		(three keys altogether).

NOTE

•Root notes and the corre- sponding keys

Accompaniment range

Standard Chords

This method lets you produce accompaniment by playing chords using normal fingerings in the accompaniment range of the keyboard.

C

C (9)

C6

C 6(9)

CM7

CM7(9)

CM7(#11)

C(b5)

CM7b5

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Csus4

Caug

CM7 aug

Cm

Cm(9)

Cm6

Cm7

Cm7 (9)

Cm7(11)

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CmM7	CmM7 (9) Cm7 b5		CmM7 b5 Cdim	Cdim7	C7		C 7 (b9)

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C7 (b13)

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C 7(9)

C 7 (#11)

C 7(13)

C 7 (#9)

C 7 b5

C7aug

C7sus4

C 1+2+5

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* Notes enclosed in parentheses are optional; the chords will be recognized without them.

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