Auto Accompaniment

Selecting a Rhythm

This keyboard provides you with 160 exciting rhythms that you can select using the following procedure.

You can also transfer accompaniment data from your computer and store up to 16 of them as user rhythms in keyboard memory. See “Using the Music Data Management Software (on the Bundled CD-ROM)” on page E-76 for more information.

To select a rhythm

1. Find the rhythm you want to use in the rhythm list and note its rhythm number.

•Not all of the available rhythms are shown on the rhythm list printed on the keyboard console. For a complete list, see the “Rhythm List” on page A-10.

Playing a Rhythm

To play a rhythm

1. Press VARIATION/FILL-IN button 1 or 2.•This starts the play of the selected rhythm.•To stop rhythm play, press the START/STOP button.

•Chords will sound along with the rhythm if any of the three accompaniment mode lamps above the MODE button is lit. if you want to play the rhythm pattern without chords, press the MODE button until all of the lamps are off.

Adjusting the Tempo
2. Press the RHYTHM button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1Appears when RHYTHM button is pressed

2Number and name of selected rhythm

3.Use the number buttons to input the three digit rhythm number for the rhythm you want to select.

Example:

To select “052 ROCK 2”, input 0, 5 and then 2.

R o c k 2

You can adjust the tempo of rhythm play within a range of 30 to 255 beats per minute. The tempo setting is used for Auto Accompaniment chord play, and song memory operations.

To adjust the tempo

Press one of the TEMPO buttons ( or ).

: Increments displayed value (increases tempo) : Decrements displayed value (decreases tempo)

•Pressing both TEMPO buttons ( and ) at the same time resets the tempo to the default value of the currently selected rhythm.

•You can also increment the displayed rhythm number by pressing [+] and decrement it by pressing [–].

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