Hi Scott

There is no confusion between the issues of rootless chord voicings (RCVs)and in-your-face (IYF) styles. Many people have admired Solton's complex styles and have been asking Yamaha to incorporate IYF styles. This request initially had nothing to do with RCVs.

Yamaha is saying they are going to respond to user requests by incorporating more IYF styles in the next generation Yamahas. George is reporting that the Yamaha rep warned this change may compromise the RCV recognition.

Neither you nor I can see why the IYF styles would affect RCR. I suspected and you confirmed that Technics keyboards can play IYF styles with RCV recognition, so the next generation of Yamaha keyboards should be able to do this too. However, it is not appropriate to discount what the Yamaha rep claimed--especially since it is an "admission against interest". I think this issue requires further consideration. However, it sounds like Yamaha will be providing IYF styles and RCV recognition in the next generation of keyboards, and we can find out for ourselves where problems might lie. At worst, we will learn not to use certain styles with RCV recognition turned on.