Auto Accompaniment

To use synchro start

1Press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button to put the keyboard into synchro start standby.

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2Playing a chord and the rhythm pattern starts to play automatically.

NOTE

•If the MODE switch is set to NORMAL, only the rhythm plays (without a chord) when you play on the accompaniment keyboard.

•If you press the INTRO button before playing anything on the keyboard, the rhythm starts automatically with an intro pattern when you play something on the accompaniment keyboard.

•Pressing the VARIATION/FILL-IN button before playing anything on the keyboard causes play to start with the variation pattern when something is played on the keyboard.

•To cancel synchro start standby, press the SYNCHRO/ ENDING button one more time.

Finishing with an Ending Pattern

You can end your performances with an ending pattern that brings the rhythm pattern you are using to a natural-sounding conclusion.

The following procedure describes how to insert an ending pattern. Note that the actual ending pattern played depends on the rhythm pattern you are using.

To finish with an ending pattern

1While the rhythm is playing, press the SYNCHRO/ ENDING button.

•This causes the ending pattern to play, which brings rhythm accompaniment to an end.

NOTE

•The timing when the ending pattern starts depends on when you press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button. If you press the button before the second beat of the current measure, the ending pattern starts playing immediately. Pressing the button at any point in the measure after the second beat results in the ending pattern playing from the beginning of the following measure.

Using One-touch Preset

One-touch preset automatically makes the settings listed below in accordance with the rhythm pattern you are using.

•Keyboard tone

•Layer, Split, or Layer Split on/off

•Layered tone (when layer is turned on), split tone (when split is turned on), or layered split tone (when layer and split are turned on)

•Tempo

•Reverb and chorus settings

To use one-touch preset

1Select the rhythm you want to use.2Use the MODE switch to select the accompaniment mode you want to use.3Press the ONE TOUCH PRESET button.

•This automatically configures the one-touch preset settings in accordance with the rhythm you selected, and enters synchro start standby.

4Play a chord. This will cause the rhythm pattern to start to play automatically.

•Accompaniment is played using the one touch preset settings.

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