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Playing Auto Accompaniment Chords
Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary
The Dictionary function is essentially a
1 Press and hold the [WAITING] button for longer than a second. “Dict.” will appear in the display.
Dict.
Hold for longer than a second.
2 As an example, we’ll learn how to play a GM7 (G major seventh) chord. Press the “G” key in the section of the keyboard labeled “ROOT.” (The note doesn’t sound.) The root note you set is shown in the display.
Keys for chord type
dictionary
Keys for root dictionary
Dict. |
001 |
3 Press the “M7” (major seventh) key in the section of the keyboard labeled “CHORD TYPE.” (The note doesn’t sound.)
The notes you should play for the specified chord (root note and chord type) are shown in the display, both as notation and in the keyboard diagram.
Notation of chord
Dict. |
001 |
Chord name (root | Individual notes of chord |
and type) | (keyboard) |
To call up possible inversions of the chord, press the
4 Try playing a chord in the auto accompaniment section of the key- board, checking the indications in the display.
When you’ve played the chord properly, a bell sound signals your suc- cess and the chord name in the display flashes.
NOTE
•Major chords are usually indicated by the root name only. For example, the indi- cation “C” in a score refers to a “C Major” chord. To look up the fingering for a major chord press the root key and then the M chord type key.
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