Optimus CONCERTMATE 970 - Manual (Page 19)

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Standard Fingering
The standard fingering method uses standard formations of three or four notes, and
lets the experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords.
You can play the following 15 chord types on your Concertmate 970, in any key, us-
ing the standard fingering method.
Notes:
• To produce a 7, m7, M7, mM7, 9, or m9 chord, omit the finger positions shown
in parentheses.
• When producing a 7-5 or dim7 chord, the lowest note you play determines the
root of the chord. Be sure that your fingering correctly defines the root you
want.
• The diagrams above show only one possible fingering position for each chord.
It is possible to play a chord using several different positions. For example, the
following three fingering positions produce the same C chord.
( )
( )
( )
( ) ( )
Major (M) Minor (m)
Dominant
Suspended
4th (7sus4) Minor 7th
(m7)
Major 9th
(9)
Major 7th
(M7) Minor Half-
Diminished
(m7-5)
Diminished
Augmented
(aug)
Minor 9th
(m9)
Suspended
4th (SUS4)
Major Half-
Minor/Major
7th (mM7)
( )
Dominant
7th (7)
Diminished
(M7-5)
Diminished
7th (dim 7)
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