Yamaha QY700 7. Chord input methods

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BASIC CONCEPTS

Chapter 1

7. Chord input methods

• This block explains how to input the chords in Song mode

or Pattern mode so that you can use the auto-accompani-

ment function.

Using Chord Root and Chord Type to input

chords

• You can use the symbols printed on the microkeyboard to

enter the Chord Root and Chord Type.

• For the Chord Root, use the E2 –D#3 keys to specify the

root of the chord.

• For the Chord Type, use the E3 – F4 keyboard buttons to

select from the 28 chord types printed on the buttons.

• By combining the Chord Root and Chord Type you can

specify 336 different chords. You can also specify On Bass

chords or Original Bass chords, for even more variation.

Using the Fingered Chord function to input

chords

• Fingered Chord is one of the functions included in auto-

accompaniment, that automatically detects the chord from

the combination of notes that you press on the keyboard, so

that the pattern or phrase is converted into that chord at the

time of playback.

• When the QY700’s fingered chord function is used, chords

that you play in the Fingered Chord Zone will be automati-

cally analyzed as a chord, and specified.

• It is also possible to use the microkeyboard below the Fin-

gered Chord Zone to specify the On Bass or the Original

Bass at the same time that you play the chord. A single note

that you play below the Fingered Chord Zone will be de-

tected and set as the On Bass, and a chord will be detected

as the Original Bass.

• The fingered chord function can be used not only from the

QY700’s microkeyboard, but also from a MIDI keyboard

connected to the MIDI IN connector.

Turning the Fingered Chord Zone on/off

• In order to use the fingered chord function to input chords,

you must first make Fingered Chord Zone settings in Util-

ity mode to specify the range of the keyboard in which this

function will operate. (→ p.299)

• A Fingered Chord function on/off setting is provided in the

Patch displays of Song Play and Pattern modes, and in the

Utility mode Fingered Chord Zone setting display. The set-

tings in these three displays are linked.

• When Fingered Chord is on (FINGRD), the keys below the

Zone High key of the fingered chord zone will no longer be

usable as conventional keys for performance or recording.

• When Fingered Chord is off (OFF), the fingered chord func-

tion will not operate, and you can input the Chord Root and

Chord Type using the symbols printed on the keyboard but-

tons.

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