Chords, Quick guide, Play with a style – Yamaha YPT-320 EN User Manual
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PSR-E323/YPT-320 Owner’s Manual
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Play with a Style
Quick Guide
For users who are new to chords, this chart features common chords. Since there are many useful chords
and many different ways to use them musically, refer to commercially available chord books for further
details.
★ indicates the root note.
• Inversions can be used as well as in “root” position—with the following exceptions:
m7, m7b5, 6, m6, sus4, aug, dim7, 7b5, 6(9), sus2
• Inversion of the 7sus4 and m7(11) chords are not recognized if the notes are omitted.
• sus2 chords are indicated by the root name only.
Chords
Major
Minor
Seventh
Minor Seventh
Major Seventh
● Easy Chords
This method lets you easily play chords in the accompaniment range of the keyboard using only one, two, or
three fingers.
For root “C”
• To play a major chord
Press the root note (
★)
of the chord.
• To play a minor chord
Press the root note
together with the nearest
black key to the left of it.
• To play a seventh chord
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).
C
Cm
7
C
Cm
7
CM
7
D
Dm
7
D
Dm
7
DM
7
E
Em
7
E
Em
7
EM
7
F
Fm
7
F
Fm
7
FM
7
G
Gm
7
G
Gm
7
GM
7
A
Am
7
A
Am
7
AM
7
B
Bm
7
B
Bm
7
BM
7
C
Cm
C
7
Cm
7