My Yamaha Manual has this to say about
Single Finger Mode Chords:
Major chords:
Press the root note of the chord.
Minor chords:Press the root note together with
any black key to the left of it.
7th chords:Press the root note together with
any white key to the left of it.
Minor 7th chords:Press the root note together with
any white and black key
to the left of it (three keys altogether).
These are the
only chords you can play in this Mode, but despite it's limitations you can get some really good 'Performances' when you play this way. Here is
Amazing Grace played with 'Single Finger Chords' on the AR.
Do a right-click and open this up in a New TabAmazing Grace played with Single Finger ChordsDon't equate using 'single finger chords' with 'playing using just C, F and G'. The secret is to introduce other 'minor' chords to create interest. And before dismissing 'single finger chords' out of hand as being too 'basic', just consider the following:
You can play in any key quite easily, as for example, if you were to play something in the key of C# you wouldn't have to work out which notes are 'sharps' in the chord you want to play. You just play the 'root note'.
The piece above illustrates all of these principles.
Hugh