Hi Tom & George,

Tom, I think you may be right that the QY70 cannot be played as an arranger-style keyboard as George had suggested. I looked at the QY70 manual again and still could find no mention of a "split-mode" feature which would enable you to play "fingered" chords in left-hand while playing the melody in right hand.

I believe that the QY70's "fingered chord" feature is only intended for RECORDING "chord progressions ONLY " into a song, not for "live aranger style" playing.

George, please "prove me wrong" as I really would like to play the QY70 live via an external keyboard controller in "split-mode" (fingered chords in left-hand while playing melody in the right-hand). Could Yamaha have left out this important arranger keyboard feature in their manual? In my last post I had mentioned "pianist mode" as well, but at this point, even "split-mode" would make me happy enough to purchase the QY70.

- Scott