Yamaha PSR-E253 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


 
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PSR-E253/YPT-255 Owner’s Manual
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The Dictionary function is useful 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 to call up
“Dict.”
“Dict.” will appear in the display.
This operation will divide the entire keyboard into
the three ranges as illustrated below.
The range to the right of “ROOT ”:
Lets you specify the Chord Root, but produces no
sound.
The range between “CHORD TYPE ” and
“ROOT ”:
Lets you specify the Chord Type, but produces no
sound.
The range to the left of “CHORD TYPE ”:
Lets you play and confirm the Chord specified in
the above two ranges.
2
As an example, learn how to play a GM7
(G major seventh) chord.
2-1.
Press the “G” key in the section to the right
of “ROOT ” so that the “G” is shown as
the root note.
2-2.
Press the key labeled “M7” in the section
between “CHORD TYPE ” and “ROOT.”
The notes you should play for the specified
chord (root note and chord type) are con-
veniently shown in the display, both as
notation and in the keyboard diagram.
To call up possible inversions of the chord, press
the [+]/[-] buttons.
3
Following the notation and keyboard
diagram in the display, try playing a
chord in the range to the left of “CHORD
TYPE .”
When you’ve played the chord properly, a bell
sound signals your success and the chord name
in the display flashes.
Looking Up Chords Using the
Chord Dictionary
Dict.
Hold for longer
than a second.
Chord Type range
Root range
Keyboard
playing range
Far right of
the key-
board
C D E F G A B
• About major chords: Simple major chords are usually
indicated only by the root note. For example, “C” refers
to C major. However, when specifying major chords
here, make sure to select “M” (major) after pressing the
root note.
• These chords are not shown in the Chord Dictionary
function: 6(9), M7(9), M7(
#
11) ,
b
5, M7
b
5, M7aug,
m7(11), mM7(9), mM7
b
5, 7
b
5, sus2
Dict.
001
Dict.
001
Chord name (root and type)
Individual notes of chord
(keyboard)
Notation of
chord
NOTE