Yamaha PSR-I425 - page 38

Playing Styles
38 PSR-I425 Owner’s Manual
There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords:
●Easy Chords
●Standard Chords
The instrument will automatically recognize the different chord types. This function is called Multi Fingering.
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 34). The keyboard to the left of
the split point (default: 54/F#2) becomes the “accompaniment range”. Play the accompaniment chords in
this area of the keyboard.
■Easy Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
This method lets you easily play chords in the
accompaniment range of the keyboard using only
one, two, or three fingers.
■Standard Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
This method lets you produce accompaniment by
playing chords using normal fingerings in the
accompaniment range of the keyboard.
Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords
C
D
b
E
b
F
#
G
#
B
b
D
b
E
b
F
#
DEFGABCDEF
Split point (default: 54/F#2)
Root notes and the corresponding keys
Accompaniment
range
•To play a major chord
Press the root note of the chord.
C
Cm
C7
Cm7
•To play a minor chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest black key to the left of it.
•To play a seventh chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest white key to the left of it.
•To play a minor seventh chord
Press the root note together with the
nearest white and black keys to the left
of it (three keys altogether).
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CmM7
CM7
C6
Csus4 Caug CM7aug
C7aug C7sus4 C1+2+5
C7
Cm
Cdim Cdim7
C7
CmM7
(9)
CM7
(9)
Cm7
(9)
C7
(b9)C7
(b13)
Cm7
(11)
CM7
(#11)C(b5)
C(9)(9)
C6
(9)
Cm
(9)
C7
(#11)
C7
(#9)
C7
(13)
C7
Cm6 Cm7
C
(b5)
CM7
(b5)
Cm7
(b5)CmM7
(b5)
●How to play Standard Chords [Example for “C” chords]
* Notes enclosed in parentheses ( ) are optional; the chords
will be recognized without them.