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Chord Guide
The Chord Guide functions of the PortaTone provide powerful, easy-to-use tools for learning chords
and chord relationships. Chord Guide features two different types of operation: Smart and Dictio-
nary.
Smart
The Smart type allows you to set the basic key for the chord accompaniment. Once this is set, you
can simply press single keys in the scale and have harmonically appropriate chords played automati-
cally. For example, with the key set to C, playing an D will result in an D minor chord (rather than a
harmonically inappropriate D major).
The Smart type is not only a convenient feature for easily playing various chord progressions in a
specified key, it’s also an excellent learning tool to find out how chords relate to each other harmoni-
cally in a given key.
Select a style.
Select one of the styles, as described in steps 1 - 2 on page 28.
Select the Smart Chord Guide.
Press the CHORD GUIDE button so that “Smart”
appears briefly in the display.
NOTE:
The accompaniment is turned on automatically when Smart is
selected.
Set the desired key.
Use the +/- buttons on the numeric keypad to
step through the available keys, or use the nu-
meric keypad to directly enter the number corre-
sponding to the desired key (see chart below).
SMART
DICTIONARY
OFF
GUIDE
TS
CHORD
TEMPO
Smart
116
ACMP
ON
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
TEMPO
#/b=0
01
116
ACMP
ON
Indicates selected key signature (shows
number of sharps or flats in key).
Selecting and Playing Styles — The Style Mode
