Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp GP-3 manual Swing Group a, Swing Group B, Grand Piano, Lounge, Jazz

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RHYTHM SECTION - SELECTING A RHYTHM

RHYTHM STYLES

1.

BIG BAND

BOSSANOVA

SWING

ACOUSTIC

POP

OLDIES

SELECTING ONE OF THE 100 RHYTHM STYLES FROM THE RHYTHM STYLE BUTTON GROUPS.

Press one of the quick select RHYTHM STYLE buttons twice, to display the Rhythm Style selection menu on the display screen.

Each button will contain four to eight related Rhythm Styles. For our example we pressed the Swing Button.

 

Swing

Group A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swing Trio

 

 

Solo Piano Swing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swingin’Organ

 

 

Dixie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCREEN2.

LEFT RIGHT

Use the SCREEN RIGHT, SCREEN LEFT buttons to page through the Rhythm Style groups.

For out example we pressed the Screen Right Button once.

3.

 

Swing

Group B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lounge

 

Jazz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the CURSOR buttons to move the highlighted area to the rhythm style you would like to select.

For our example we pressed the Middle Cursor Button once.

CURSER

 

Swing

Group B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lounge

 

Jazz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER4.

Press the ENTER button to confirm your selection. The display will revert to the performance screen showing your newly selected Rhythm Style.

STYLE

1: Grand Piano

19: Jazz

NC

A1

/ = 100

 

 

 

Note: The Rhythm Style Group will be shown on the LCD Display Screen for 6 seconds then it will revert back to the original Performance Display Screen.

To setup the Display Screen to hold longer than 6 seconds please see the Set Up Section of this manual under the Screen Hold Heading.

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Contents Suzuki Suzuki PianosPage Welcome General Precautions Taking Care of Your Digital Piano Table of Contents Assembly To begin, remove outer carton Unpacking Your NEW Grand PianoYou should have 3 cartons as pictured Remove the protective foamPlastic Cover Piano AccessoriesUnpacking Your NEW Grand Piano Inner carton Unpacking Piano Legs & Pedal Assembly Attaching the Legs to the Piano Pedal Assembly Preparation Pedal Assembly AttachmentPre-Pedal Assembly Pedal Assembly AttachmentSupport Rods Pad the Piano InstallingtheleftlegInstall the Left Leg Positioning Your NEW Grand Piano Adjust the Pedal FeetInstall the Power Cord Connector Panel Midi OUTPanel Controls GP-3Fade 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 Pedals Piano PedalsDisplay Screen Big BandBossa Nueva Demonstration SongsDemo Song Select Samba TimePiano Voices Sound Channel Modes Assigning Different Piano Sound Channel ModesScroll Through the Instrument Voices Piano Voices Voice SelectionThere are TWO Ways to Select AN Instrument Voice Piano Voices Quick Selection For all 88 Key voice selections Upper ModeFor the Layer and Lower Sound Mode Sections of the Piano Quick SelectReed Group B Piano Voices Selecting ALL VoicesReed Group a Piano Voices Effects and Reset Rhythm Section Selecting a Rhythm StyleGrand Piano Swing Group aSwing Group B LoungeStyle 1 Grand Piano Big BandRhythm Section Playing the Rhythm Straight StartRhythm Section Playing the Rhythm Auto Accompaniment HOW Auto Accompaniment WorksAuto Accompaniment Types HOW to Play ChordsBasic Mode One Finger ONE FingerFingered One Finger Piano ModeAccomp Fingered Chord Mark FingeringOne Finger Piano ModeAccomp Piano FingeredFingered Auto Accompaniment HOW to USEFingered Piano Mode One FingerSynchronized Start Auto Accompaniment HOW to PlayPlaying in the Auto Accompaniment Mode Synchronized Intro StartPattern continues until the end of the following measure Performance SetupSetup ReverbPerformance Setup Velocity Norm Split Point Setup Performance MenuPerformance Setup Screen HoldLCD Screen Display Hold PERFORMANCE- Setup MenuTranspose 105 Octave Shift Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level 100Performance Setup Tune Fixed Level TuneOctave Shift 10S Octave ShiftFade Time Harmony Trio Duet Oct Setup Harmony MenuHarmonysetupmenu HarmonyKeymodesetupmenu Setup KEY Mode MenuKey Mode Lower Hold Manual BassSustain Setup Sustain MenuSustain Setup Menu SustainReverb Setup Menu Setup Reverb MenuReverb Setting ReverbEffects Chorus Setup Menu Setup Effects MenuEffect Setting Effects ChorusChord Mode Auto Accompaniment Mode Setup Chord MenuChord Setup Menu Fingered ModePedal Assign Setup Pedal MenuPedal Assign Setup Menu Fill Intro/Ending Lower HoldStandard Room Power Electronic TR-808 Jazz Brush Orchestral Setup -PERCUSSION MenuPercussion Setup Drum Kits Percussion Drum KIT SelectionMetronome Setup Menu Setup Metronome MenuMetronome Setup Time Signature Tempo 120 Sound Volume 100 MetronomeRegistration Memory Save Your Settings in the Registration MemoryRecall Contents in the Registration Memory RegistrationOutline of a Music Recorder or Sequencer Record FeaturesRecord Functions Record Melody OnlyRecord Features Auto Accompaniment Track Accomp Button Record Melody HOW to Record RecordingRecording Rec Record AccompTo Playback Your Recorded Music Recording PlaybackPlayback To Pause the PlaybackMark HOW to USE BEG. Mark and END Mark ButtonsRecording Mark Measure Play RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Test Song Play Along SongSong Select AllegroPlay RHnd=Y LHnd=Y Acmp=Y Song LessonMeasure Play Along Song LessonsTest Modes Lesson FeaturesStop the Song Mode Right and Left hand exercise Select R=Y L=YLoad Song SD Card FeaturesSD Memory Card Utility Save Song Play DiskSD Memory Card Load Song Load SongSave Song SD Memory Card Save SongLoad Song Utility Play CardPlay Card SD Memory Card Play CardLoad Song Utility Save Song Play CardLyrics Mute Channel Solo Channel SD Memory Card Play Card MenusFile Data PlaybackCopy to SD Memory Card UtilityCard Utility Copy Rename Disk UtilityDelete Format Copy DeleteDisk Features DiskDisk Load Song Disk Save Song Play Disk Disk Play DiskPlay Disk Load Song Various Menu Screens Disk Play Disk MenusPlayback Options Also NoteLoad Song Save Song Card CancelDisk Utility Format DeleteDelete Plug in the Enclosed Microphone Playing and Singingwith the Karaoke DisksSelecting a Karaoke Song from the Disk Midi & Video OUT Jacks Phones Video Midi Line Microphone OUT USB VOL EchoBasic Midi Setups MidiMidi Midi Implementation Chart RPNL, RpnhVoice List Grand PianoStyle List Big BandDrum KIT List Drum KIT ListDrum KIT List Specifications SpecificationsWhere can I buy recorded disks to play in my piano? Questions AND/OR ProblemsWhere is the serial number on my piano? QuestionsPage Warranty WarrantyPage Suzuki

GP-3 specifications

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