Yamaha QY100 Add Chords & Play Along!

Guided Tour
Guided Tour
Instant Accompaniment
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Now that you have the pattern of your choice grooving along on your
QY100 (if you don’t, select and play one now), Let’s hear how it sounds
with some of the preset chord templates.
zHighlight the Chord Template Parameter
The bottom right-hand area of the display is the chord and
chord template selection area. Move the cursor to the upper right
corner of this area.
xSelect a Preset Chord Template
Use the [-1] and [+1] buttons to select and listen to some of
the preset chord templates (numbered P01 through P99). When
the cursor is located at the chord template number, the name of
the selected chord template appears below the chord template
number. If you move the cursor away from the chord template
number the name of each individual chord is displayed in the
same location as the accompaniment plays back.
■ NOTE
• The fact that the QY100 displays the chord names as it plays can be a
great learning tool! Watching the chord names as the progressions plays
— you can play along, too — allows you to associate the chords with the
overall sound they produce in each progression. With a little time and
effort you should be able to recognize chord progressions by ear.
• All chord templates are originally in the key of C. To change the key use
the TRNS (Transpose) parameter to transpose the entire song to the
desired key (page 123).
Add Chords & Play Along!
Chord template
number
Chord name