User Manual

Playing Styles
PSR-A350 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 [1 LISTENING
2 TIMING 3 WAITING] button for longer
than a second.
“Dict.” will appear in the display.
This operation will divide the entire keyboard into
the three ranges as illustrated below.
• The Root section:
Lets you specify the Chord Root, but produces no
sound.
• The Chord Type section:
Lets you specify the Chord Type, but produces no
sound.
• The Keyboard Play section:
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 Root section.
“G” is shown as the root note.
2-2.
Press the “M7” key in the Chord Type sec-
tion.
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 Keyboard Play section.
When you’ve played the chord properly, a bell
sound signals your success and the chord name
in the display flashes.
Looking up chords with the
Chord Dictionary
Dict.
Hold for longer
than a second.
Chord Type section
Root
section
Keyboard
Play section
Far right of the
keyboard
CD
D#
Eb
EF
F#
Gb
G
G#
Ab
A
A#
Bb
B
C#
Db
• 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
(9)
mM7
m(9)
m7(9)
m7b5 7(9)
7(b13)
dim7
7aug
7sus4
M
G
M7
m
m6
m7
7
7(b9)
7(#9)
7(13)
7(#11)
dim
aug
sus4
Dict.
001
Chord name (Root and Type)
Individual notes of chord
(keyboard)
Notation of
chord
NOTE