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Step 3 Music Database, Looking up Chords in the Dictionary, Dict.

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Step 3 Music Database Looking up Chords in the Dictionary The convenient Dictionary function teaches you how to play chords by showing you the individual notes. In the example below, we'll learn how to play a GM7 chord... Keys for entering the chord (DGX-500 : A-1 - B2) (DGX-300 : E0 - B2) Keys for entering the chord type (C3 - B4) Keys for entering the chord root (C5 - B5) Learning how to play a specific chord Example: G M7 Root note Chord type z Press the [DICTIONARY] button. Dict. v Play the notes of the chord as indicated in the keyboard diagram in the display. The chord name flashes when the chord is played properly. Chord area x Specify the root note of the chord (in this case, G). b To leave the Dictionary function, press the [DICTIONARY] button again c Specify the chord type of the chord (in this case, M7). Want to find out more? See page 50. 17

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Step 3 Music Database
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Looking up Chords in the Dictionary
The convenient Dictionary function teaches you how to play chords by showing you the individual notes.
In the example
below, we’ll learn how to play a GM7 chord...
Keys for entering
the chord type
(C3 — B4)
Keys for entering
the chord root
(C5 — B5)
Keys for entering the chord
(DGX-500 : A-1 — B2)
(DGX-300 : E0 — B2)
z
Press the [DICTIONARY] button.
x
Specify the root note of the chord (in this case,
G).
c
Specify the chord type of the chord (in this
case, M7).
Learning how to play a specific chord
GM
7
Root note
Chord type
Example:
Dict.
v
Play the notes of the chord as indicated in the
keyboard diagram in the display.
The chord
name flashes when the chord is played prop-
erly.
b
To leave the Dictionary function, press the
[DICTIONARY] button again
Want to find out more?
See page 50.
Chord area