Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp GP-3 manual Rhythm Section Selecting a Rhythm, Style

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RHYTHM SECTION - SELECTING A RHYTHM

RHYTHM STYLES

 

 

 

BIG BAND

BOSSANOVA

SWING

S.BALLAD

R&B

ACOUSTIC

POP

OLDIES

ROCK

LATIN

RHYTHM STYLES

BIG BAND BOSSANOVA

ACOUSTIC POP

RHYTHM STYLE SELECTION - Your Suzuki GP-3 Piano has a large variety of exciting musical “Rhythm Styles” that you can “play along with” to back up your own performance. You can choose from a simple piano or percussion accompa- niment to a full band or orchestra.

Stored in the memory of this Instrument are 100 Rhythm Styles plus a variation of each style pattern.

There is a complete list of all 100 Rhythm Styles in the back of the manual.

QUICK SELECT - There are ten Rhythm Style Buttons that can be selected quickly by pressing one of these ten quick select RHYTHM STYLE buttons shown above.

1.Press the RHYTHM STYLE button that corresponds to your desired rhythm style, its indicator LED will turn on. The rhythm style will instantly be selected, the rhythm style number and name will show on the LCD Display Screen.

For our example we selected the Bossa Rhythm Style Button.

STYLE

1 : Grand Piano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

: Cool Bossa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC

 

A1

 

/ = 120

 

 

 

 

 

 

START/STOP

Note: To hear just the Rhythm Percussion (drum kit only) of your

 

selected rhythm pattern press the Start/Stop Button.

 

To hear and play along with the entire accompaniment orchestration

 

see the Auto Accompaniment Section of this manual.

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Contents Suzuki Pianos SuzukiPage Welcome General Precautions Taking Care of Your Digital Piano Table of Contents Assembly You should have 3 cartons as pictured Unpacking Your NEW Grand PianoTo begin, remove outer carton Remove the protective foamUnpacking Your NEW Grand Piano Inner carton Piano AccessoriesPlastic Cover Unpacking Piano Legs & Pedal Assembly Attaching the Legs to the Piano Pre-Pedal Assembly Pedal Assembly AttachmentPedal Assembly Preparation Pedal Assembly AttachmentSupport Rods Install the Left Leg InstallingtheleftlegPad the Piano Install the Power Cord Adjust the Pedal FeetPositioning Your NEW Grand Piano Midi OUT Connector PanelGP-3 Panel ControlsFade 11 12 14 15 Upper Panel Controls Data Wheel Grand Piano Reverb Curser Contrast Grand Piano Sound Group Vibes Organ Panel Controls 38 39 40 41 47 45 Disk Drive Piano Pedals PedalsBig Band Display ScreenDemo Song Select Demonstration SongsBossa Nueva Samba TimeAssigning Different Piano Sound Channel Modes Piano Voices Sound Channel ModesThere are TWO Ways to Select AN Instrument Voice Piano Voices Voice SelectionScroll Through the Instrument Voices For the Layer and Lower Sound Mode Sections of the Piano For all 88 Key voice selections Upper ModePiano Voices Quick Selection Quick SelectReed Group a Piano Voices Selecting ALL VoicesReed Group B Piano Voices Effects and Reset Style Rhythm Section Selecting a RhythmSwing Group B Swing Group aGrand Piano LoungeBig Band Style 1 Grand PianoStraight Start Rhythm Section Playing the RhythmRhythm Section Playing the Rhythm HOW Auto Accompaniment Works Auto AccompanimentBasic Mode One Finger HOW to Play ChordsAuto Accompaniment Types ONE FingerAccomp Fingered One Finger Piano ModeFingered Chord Mark FingeringAccomp Piano Piano ModeOne Finger FingeredFingered Piano Mode Auto Accompaniment HOW to USEFingered One FingerPlaying in the Auto Accompaniment Mode Auto Accompaniment HOW to PlaySynchronized Start Synchronized Intro StartPattern continues until the end of the following measure Setup SetupPerformance ReverbPerformance Setup Setup Performance MenuPerformance Setup Velocity Norm Split Point Screen HoldTranspose PERFORMANCE- Setup MenuLCD Screen Display Hold Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level 100105 Octave Shift TuneFade Time 10S Octave ShiftOctave Shift Harmonysetupmenu Setup Harmony MenuHarmony Trio Duet Oct HarmonyKey Mode Lower Hold Setup KEY Mode MenuKeymodesetupmenu Manual BassSustain Setup Menu Setup Sustain MenuSustain SustainReverb Setting Setup Reverb MenuReverb Setup Menu ReverbEffect Setting Setup Effects MenuEffects Chorus Setup Menu Effects ChorusChord Setup Menu Setup Chord MenuChord Mode Auto Accompaniment Mode Fingered ModePedal Assign Setup Menu Setup Pedal MenuPedal Assign Fill Intro/Ending Lower HoldPercussion Setup Drum Kits Setup -PERCUSSION MenuStandard Room Power Electronic TR-808 Jazz Brush Orchestral Percussion Drum KIT SelectionMetronome Setup Time Signature Tempo 120 Sound Volume 100 Setup Metronome MenuMetronome Setup Menu MetronomeRecall Contents in the Registration Memory Save Your Settings in the Registration MemoryRegistration Memory RegistrationRecord Functions Record FeaturesOutline of a Music Recorder or Sequencer Record Melody OnlyRecord Features Auto Accompaniment Track Accomp Button Recording HOW to Record RecordingRecord Melody Rec Record AccompPlayback Recording PlaybackTo Playback Your Recorded Music To Pause the PlaybackRecording Mark HOW to USE BEG. Mark and END Mark ButtonsMark Song Select Song Play Along SongMeasure Play RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Test AllegroMeasure Song LessonPlay RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Play Along Song LessonsStop the Song Mode Lesson FeaturesTest Modes Right and Left hand exercise Select R=Y L=YSD Memory Card SD Card FeaturesLoad Song Utility Save Song Play DiskLoad Song SD Memory Card Load SongLoad Song Utility SD Memory Card Save SongSave Song Play CardLoad Song Utility Save Song SD Memory Card Play CardPlay Card Play CardFile Data SD Memory Card Play Card MenusLyrics Mute Channel Solo Channel PlaybackCard Utility SD Memory Card UtilityCopy to Delete Disk UtilityCopy Rename Format Copy DeleteDisk Disk FeaturesDisk Load Song Disk Save Song Play Disk Disk Play DiskPlay Disk Playback Options Disk Play Disk MenusLoad Song Various Menu Screens Also NoteDisk Utility Card CancelLoad Song Save Song Format DeleteDelete Selecting a Karaoke Song from the Disk Playing and Singingwith the Karaoke DisksPlug in the Enclosed Microphone Phones Video Midi Line Microphone OUT USB VOL Echo Midi & Video OUT JacksMidi Basic Midi SetupsMidi RPNL, Rpnh Midi Implementation ChartGrand Piano Voice ListBig Band Style ListDrum KIT List Drum KIT ListDrum KIT List Specifications SpecificationsWhere is the serial number on my piano? Questions AND/OR ProblemsWhere can I buy recorded disks to play in my piano? QuestionsPage Warranty WarrantyPage Suzuki

GP-3 specifications

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