Name: Yamaha PortaTone PSR-290
Brand: Yamaha
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Selecting and Playing Styles

The Dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord book” that shows you the

individual notes of chords. It is ideal when you know the name of a certain chord

and want to quickly learn how to play it.

1 Press the [DICTIONARY] button.

2 Specify the root of the chord.

Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord root (as

printed on the panel).

3 Specify the type of the chord (major, minor, seventh, etc.).

Press the key on the keyboard that corresponds to the desired chord type (as

printed on the panel).

Dictionary

Dict.

Pressing this key selects

the root G.

Dict.

Individual notes of chord (keyboard)

Pressing this key selects

the major seventh chord

type (M7).

Notation of chord

Chord name

(root and type)

Dict.

• For a few speciﬁc chords, not all

notes may be shown in the nota-

tion section of the display. This is

due to space limitations in the

display.

• You can also show the inversion

of chord when using [+]/[-] button.

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