Yamaha DGX-220, YPG-225 Playing Auto-accompanimentChords, Easy Chords, Standard Chords

Playing Styles

Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords

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 20). 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.

Split point (default: 54/F#2)

Db Eb F# G# Bb Db Eb F#

C D E F G A B C D E F

Accompaniment range

Root notes and the corresponding keys

■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

Press the root note of the chord.

Cm

• To play a minor chord

Press the root note together with the nearest black key to the left of it.

C7

•To play a seventh chord

Press the root note together with the

nearest white key to the left of it.

Cm7

• 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).

■Standard Chords ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

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

●How to play Standard Chords [Example for “C” chords]

C			(9)									C6					(9)
					C													C6
														)							)
														(							(
CM7			(9)								(#11)								(b5)
					CM7							CM7						C
		)								)			)
		(								(			(
	(b5)				Csus4							Caug						CM7aug
CM7
																				)
																				(
Cm			(9)									Cm6						Cm7
					Cm
																					)
																					(
(9)			(11)									CmM7					(9)
Cm7					Cm7													CmM7
											)
											(
		)				)										)					)
		(				(										(					(
	(b5)						(b5)					Cdim						Cdim7
Cm7					CmM7
C7						(b9)							(b13)				(9)
					C7							C7						C7
		)								)											)
		(								(											(
(#11)			(13)								(#9)								(b5)
C7				C7								C7						C7
	)							)							)
	(							(							(
C7aug					C7sus4							C1+2+5
									)
									(

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

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