Optimus 42-4035 owner manual Selecting/Playing an Auto- Rhythm, Using FILL-IN

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Selecting/Playing an Auto- Rhythm

1.Set VOLUME to MIN.

2.Set MODE to NORMAL.

Note: The Fingered and Concert Chord modes are described in “Using Auto Accompaniment” on Page 13.

3.Press RHYTHM.

4.Select an auto-rhythm from the 100 RHYTHMS list and enter the two-digit number on the SOUND/ RHYTHM SELECT keypad. For ex- ample, to select EURO BEAT (No. 24), press 2, then 4.

SOUND/RHYTHYM

SELECT Keypad

5.Press START/STOP. The Concert- mate 690 begins playing the se- lected rhythm.

6.Adjust VOLUME to the desired level.

7.To speed up the rhythm, press TEMPO . To slow it down, press

TEMPO .

Note: You can adjust TEMPO / to play an auto-rhythm from 40 to 256 beats per minute.

8.Play the keyboard to hear the se- lected sound along with the rhythm.

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9.To select a different rhythm, re- peat Step 4. Or, if the second digit of the current rhythm is the same as the first digit of the new rhythm, simply enter the second digit of the new rhythm on the SOUND/ RHYTHM SELECT keypad.

10.To stop an auto-rhythm, press

START/STOP again.

Using FILL-IN

The Concertmate 690 lets you insert a variation into any of its 100 preset auto-rhythms.

While an auto-rhythm is playing, press FILL-IN. The Concertmate 690 inserts

a1- to 2-measure variation, then auto- matically resumes the original rhythm pattern at the end of the current mea- sure. To insert another variation, press

FILL-IN again.

To insert a variation longer than 1–2 measures, hold down FILL-IN. The Concertmate 690 plays the variation until you release FILL-IN, then auto- matically resumes the original rhythm pattern at the end of the current mea- sure.