Yamaha YPT-230 Owner's Manual - Page 20

Play with a Style Looking up Chords Using the Chord Dictionary The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in "chord dictionary" that shows you the individual notes of chords. This is convenient when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to play it. 1 Press and hold the [3 WAITING] button for longer than a second. "Dict." will appear in the display. 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 The highest key 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. Chord name (root and type) Dict. 001 NOTE • Major chords are usually indicated by the root name only. For example, the indication "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. • These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary function: 6(9), M7(9), M7(#11), b5, M7b5, M7aug, m7(11), mM7(9), mM7b5, 7b5, sus2 Notation of chord Individual notes of chord (keyboard) To call up possible inversions of the chord, press the [+]/[-] buttons. 4 Try playing a chord in the auto accompaniment range (refer on page 17) of the keyboard, checking the indications in the display. When you've played the chord properly, a bell sound signals your success and the chord name in the display flashes. 20 PSR-E233/YPT-230 Owner's Manual