Yamaha PSR-E373, Owner'S Manual

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PSR-E373, PSR-EW310, YPT-370 Owner’s Manual
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Playing Chords along with Chord Progressions of a Song
Son g numbers 125 to 154 in the “Chord Pro g ression” cate g ory are constructed from typi-
cal chord pro g ressions. You can listen to and g et a feel for the chord pro g ressions by
playin g back the Son g and playin g the keyboard while lookin g at the keyboard indications
shown on the display. The number of keys that are indicated for you to play pro g ress in
sequence—from a sin g le root note, to two notes, then three and four— g ettin g you to
g radually and naturally memorize the chords. Also, you can chan g e the key of the Son g ,
allowin g you to practice the pro g ressions in all keys for full mastery of the chords.
1
Select a Son g from Son g numbers 125 to
154 in the “Chord Pro g ression” cate g ory
by executin g Step 1 in “Selectin g and
Playin g Back a Son g ” on pa g e 31.
2
Press the [PHRASE REPEAT] button.
After “CHORD PROGRESSION” scrolls across the
display, the tonic pitch of the selected Song and
the number of the keys to be pressed are shown.
3
Press the [+/YES]/[-/NO] buttons to select
the number of the keys to be played.
Each time the [+/YES] button is pressed, the
number of the keys to press is increased from just
one root note (1Note) to two notes (2Notes),
three notes (3Notes) and four notes (All).
4
Press the [START/STOP] button to play
back the selected Son
g .
5
Play the keyboard while lookin g at the key-
board indications shown on the display.
6
Press the [PHRASE REPEAT] button a g ain
to turn the Chord Pro g ression function off.
To chan g e the key of a Son g :
When Chord Progression is on, press one of the
keys in the top octave (C5–B5; indicated to the right
of “ROOT” on the panel, just above the keys) to
change the tonic pitch of the Song.
For example, if you press the key D5 in the Song
of C major, the key changes to D major.
You can practice the playing the chords in combina-
tion with “Waiting” (page 38) of the Lesson function
by simply pressing the [1 LISTENING 2 TIMING
3 WAITING] button once.
• The initial key setting is C major or A minor.
• The number of the keys to press can also be set by using
the number buttons [1]–[4].
• When you play the keyboard within the range of C5–B5,
the notes will not sound.
C 1Note
CP9
The tonic pitch of the selected Song: C
The number of the keys
to press: 1
Appears when Chord
Progression is on.
NOTE
C 2Notes
CP9
NOTE
001
C 1Note CP9
NOTE
• The key of a Song cannot be changed during playback.
The number of the keys to be played

Only one root note (1Note)
Press only the root note of the chord.

Two notes (2Notes)
Press the 3
rd
interval of a chord along with the root
note, and understand the difference between major
chords and minor chords.

Three notes (3Notes)
Press the 5
th
interval of a chord along with the root
note and the 3
rd
.

Four notes (All)
Press all the notes that make up the chord. Very
often, chords are played with just three notes; how-
ever, another interval (such as a 7th) is sometimes
added. Keep in mind that depending on the chord,
there may be no 4
th
note.
Play the chords in combination with
“Waiting” of the Lesson function
• Even if you play notes in octaves outside of the notes shown on
the display (excluding the range of C5–B5, which are used to
change the key of a Song), as well as different inversions of the
chords, the playback will progress.
C
D
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E
b
F
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A
b
B
b
D E F G A B
Root range
NOTE
NOTE