Yamaha YPT-300, PSR-E303 Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords, Easy Chords, Standard Chords

Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords

You’ve learned in the section “Play with a Style (Accompaniment)” on page 22 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 23)

Split Point—default setting: 54 (F#2)

■ Easy Chords

■ Standard Chords

36 48 60 72 84 96

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

NOTE

• Root notes and the corre-

sponding keys

Press the root note of the chord.

Cm	• To play a minor chord	Cm7
	Press the root note
	together with the near-
	est black key to the left
	of it.

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).

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)			C 7 (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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