Dict, Dictionary – Yamaha DGX-202 User Manual

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Selecting and Playing Styles

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The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord book” that shows you the
individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord
and want to quickly learn how to play it.

1

Press the [DICTIONARY] button.

2

Specify the root of the chord.

Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord root (as
printed on the panel).

3

Specify the type of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.).

Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord type (as
printed on the panel).

Dictionary

Dict.

Pressing this key selects
the root G.

Dict.

Individual notes of chord (keyboard)

Pressing this key selects
the major seventh chord
type (M7).

Notation of chord

Chord name
(root and type)

Dict.

• For a few specific chords, not all

notes may be shown in the nota-
tion section of the display. This is
due to space limitations in the
display.

• You can also show the inversion

of chord when using [+]/[-] button.

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