Playing Styles
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DGX-620/520, YPG-625/525 Owner’s Manual
There are two ways of playing auto-accompaniment chords:
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Easy Chords
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Standard Chords
The instrument will automatically recognize the different chord types. The function is called Multi Fingering.
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn auto-accompaniment on (page 24). The keyboard to the left of the
split point (default: 54/F
#
2) becomes the “accompaniment range”. Play the accompaniment chords in this area
of the keyboard.
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Easy Chords
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This method lets you easily play chords in the
accompaniment range of the keyboard using only
one, two, or three fingers.
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Standard Chords
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This method lets you produce accompaniment by
playing chords using normal fingerings in the
accompaniment range of the keyboard.
Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords
C
D
b
E
b
F
#
G
#
B
b
D
b
E
b
F
#
D E F G A B C D E F
Split point (default: 54/F
#
2)
Root notes and the corresponding keys
Accompaniment
range
• To play a major chord
Press the root note of the chord.
C
C
m
C
7
C
m7
• 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).
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C
mM7
C
M7
C
6
C
sus4
C
aug
C
M7aug
C
7aug
C
7sus4
C
sus2
C
7
C
m
C
dim
C
dim7
C
7
C
mM7
(
9
)
C
M7
(
9
)
C
m7
(
9
)
C
7
(
b
9
)
C
7
(
b
13
)
C
m7
(
11
)
C
M7
(
#
11
)
C
(
b
5
)
C
(
9
)
(
9
)
C
6
(
9
)
C
m
(
9
)
C
7
(
#
11
)
C
7
(
#
9
)
C
7
(
13
)
C
7
C
m6
C
m7
C
(
b
5
)
C
M7
(
b
5
)
C
m7
(
b
5
)
C
mM7
(
b
5
)
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How to play Standard Chords
[Example for “C” chords]
* Notes enclosed in parentheses (
) are optional; the chords
will be recognized without them.
