Music Presets

4. Specify the location of the new chord insert as a

 

To perform step input of chords

 

number of beats after the current cursor

 

 

 

 

 

1. Perform steps 1 through 4 of the procedure

position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

under “Chord Progression Editing Flow” on

To specify this number of beats

Press this button:

 

page E-62.

after the current cursor position:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 beats

 

R-1 (5)

 

2. Press the C-14 (STEP) button.

 

2 beats

 

R-2 (1)

 

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This will display a step screen like the one shown

 

 

 

 

 

 

below.

 

1 beat

 

R-3 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/2 beat

 

R-7 (6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/4 beat

 

R-8 (7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Except for the R-8 (7) button, pressing the R-4 ( • )

 

 

 

 

button after you press any one of the above buttons will

 

 

 

 

increase number of beats by 1.5.

 

 

 

 

 

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Pressing the R-10 (,) button after you press any one

 

 

 

 

of the above buttons will change the number of beats

 

 

 

 

by 2/3.

 

 

 

 

 

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The R-9 (8) and R-11 (.) buttons are disabled

 

3. Use the L-15 (dFF) and L-14 (sREW)

 

during this step.

 

 

 

5. Press the R-16 (ENTER) button.

 

 

buttons to move the cursor to the location from

 

 

which you want to perform step input.

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This inserts the chord and causes the cursor to appear

 

 

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The cursor will move in one-measure steps.

 

at the “ROOT” position of the inserted chord data. The

 

 

 

4. Specify the length of the chord you want to

 

initial default root setting is C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

input.

 

 

 

 

 

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For information about how to do this, see the table in

 

 

 

 

 

 

step 4 under “To insert an event” (page E-94).

 

 

 

 

 

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The R-9 (8) button is disabled during this step. Also

 

 

 

 

 

 

note that you cannot specify a dotted 16th note.

 

 

 

 

 

5. Press the keyboard keys that correspond to the

 

 

 

 

 

chord you want to input.

 

 

 

 

 

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Press keyboard keys in accordance with the current

6. Use the dial or the R-14 (–, +) buttons to specify

 

 

chord fingering mode. For details, see “Selecting a

 

 

Chord Fingering Mode” (page E-26).

the root.

 

 

 

• The chord is input as soon as you press the keyboard

7. Use the R-17 (i) button to move the cursor to

 

 

key, and the cursor will move by the length you

 

 

specified in step 4 to the next measure:beat:tick. From

“TYPE” position, and then use the dial or R-14

 

 

there you can input the next chord, if you want.

 

 

 

(–, +) buttons to configure the type setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When the cursor is located at “ROOT” or “TYPE”, you

 

 

 

 

• You cannot input more than 999 measures here.

 

can use the chord keyboard to specify the chord root or

 

 

 

 

 

 

type.

 

 

 

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to input the chords you

8. To apply the chord data, press the R-16

 

 

want.

(ENTER) button.

 

 

 

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If you want to input a series of chords of the same

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This causes the cursor to stop flashing.

 

 

 

length, skip step 4 and perform step 5 only.

 

 

 

 

7. When you are finished with step input, press the R-15 (EXIT) button twice.

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