Originally Posted By TedS
I never play individual left-hand notes. Being able to trigger a major chord with just one key makes a lot of fast chord changes smoother, and often possible without repositioning your left hand. IMO Yamaha doesn't really have a good mode for this. I actually run the "left" side of my Tyros through a BK-7m to take advantage of Roland's "Chord intelligence." The resulting chords are then fed back into the Yammie's accompaniment engine via MIDI, so I can use Yamaha's bigger style library, and more complete user style control parameters. I have a lot of seat time with the Roland system. One-key majors, two-key minor, 7th, M7, etc., make it easy and fun to play a lot of songs. I can press all the notes if I choose to, and I sometimes do. But if I can get more chords without moving my hand around, that's a win. For a wide variety of songs, I've become convinced that Roland's "Chord Intelligence" (and Casio's "Fingered 1" mode which is very similar) allows the widest variety of chords and chord changes, with the least hand movement.


I agree with your comments. I use Korg's "fingered 1 note" system which is similar to Roland's and lets you play a major chord with one finger and minors and major and dominant sevenths with 2. I am still in learning mode and the less hand movement the better.