Hi TedS,

You are in exactly the same position as I am, except I learned to play Korg/Roland's simplified fingering scheme (they are the same - at least they used to be). So why does this matter?

I while back, I bought a Tyros 1, but sent it back for a refund, and to wait until the Korg PA1X became available.

I am only a casual player, so I depend on simplified chord fingering (1 note for roots, 2 notes for minors and sevenths, and 3 notes for diminished or augmented chords, etc.). I originally started out playing Roland and Korg arrangers, in fact I currently have a Korg i30 which I am still looking to upgrade. I have learned Roland’s/Korg's simplified fingering and the last thing I want to do now is re-learn chord fingering at this point in my life.

Anyway, I read the Tyros 1 manual and I thought it indicated one of the available chord detection options was the same as Roland/Korg, so I ordered a Tyros. Imagine my surprise when none of the Tyros 1 detection options was the one I am familiar with. So I sent it back for a refund.

What is the problem? Yamaha uses a nonsensical simplified fingering approach that requires the root, plus any white key, or any black key to the left of the root (or some such scheme) to make chords other than roots. Not only does this not make sense musically, but I've already learned the more logical Roland/Korg approach, so I don't want to change. By the way, the Yamaha approach ends up requiring different note intervals to make the same chord, depending on the key signature. The Roland/Korg method always results in the same musical interval for a given chord, regardless of the key.

So why am I bitching? I still have not upgraded because the PA1X has what I believe are some shortcomings (only 2 intros and endings, 2 fills, 62 note poly, etc.) If Yamaha would just consider adding the Roland/Korg simplified detection scheme as one more detection option, I might consider buying a Tyros 2 Yamaha keyboard. Otherwise, I WILL NOT. This scheme could be added to existing keyboards with planned operating system updates. I’m not asking Yamaha to drop its current schemes, just add another option for us simple-minded old farts that don't want to relearn everything.

Oh by the way, I don't want to hear it from you guys about how I should learn to play "real" chords. Ain't gonna happen.