Chord Fingerings - Yamaha Portatone PSR-640 Owner's Manual

Auto Accompaniment

Chord Fingerings

The way in which chords are played or indicated with your left hand (in the auto accompaniment section of the
keyboard) is referred to as "fingering." There are 5 types of fingerings as described below.
• Multi Finger
• Single Finger
1
Press the [FINGERING] button.
ACMP ON/OFF
2
Select the desired fingering mode.
Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button.
The SINGLE FINGER mode
Single-finger accompaniment makes it simple to produce beautifully orchestrated accompaniment using major,
seventh, minor and minor-seventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys on the AUTO ACCOMPANI-
MENT section of the keyboard. The following abbreviated chord fingerings are used:
C
• For a major chord, press the root key only.
Cm
• For a minor chord, simultaneously press the
root key and a black key to its left.
The FINGERED 1 mode
The Fingered 1 mode lets you finger your own chords on the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT section of the
keyboard (i.e. all keys to the left of and including the split-point key — normally 54) while the PSR-740/640
supplies appropriately orchestrated rhythm, bass and chord accompaniment in the selected style.
The FINGERED 1 mode recognizes the following chords:
40
• Fingered 1 • Full Keyboard
• Fingered 2
FINGERING GROOVE ON/OFF
C
7
• For a seventh chord, simultaneously press the
root key and a white key to its left.
Cm
7
• For a minor-seventh chord, simultaneously
press the root key and both a white and black
key to its left.
• The default Fingering Mode
is "Multi Finger."