Press the pedal
Automatic accompaniment will start when you press the pedal connected to the Assignable Switch jack. It will stop when you press the pedal once again.
Specify a chord by playing notes in the keyboard area selected for this purpose. The name of the selected chord will appear in the main page.

2.Various automatic accompaniment functions

Selecting how you will start and stop automatic accompaniment

There are several ways to start/stop automatic accompaniment.

Use the method that is appropriate for your perfor- mance.

a. Basic start and stop

1

Specify a chord

Specify a chord by playing notes in the

keyboard area selected for this purpose. The name of the selected chord will appear in the main page.

3

While a chord is specified, press

the [SYNCHRO START/STOP]

 

switch.

4

When you take your hand off of

the chord-specifying keys, auto-

matic accompaniment will stop (Synchro Stop)

You can use this to break the accompani- ment when you wish to add a right-hand solo.

When you play notes in the chord-speci- fying area, the accompaniment will begin from the first measure of the accompani- ment pattern.

To cancel this, press the [SYNCHRO START/STOP] switch to make the indica- tor go dark.

2

Press the [START/STOP] switch

Automatic accompaniment will start.

 

 

The [BEAT] indicators will light in time with

 

 

 

 

the meter.

3

Press the [START/STOP] switch

once again

Automatic accompaniment will stop.

b. Synchro start, Synchro stop

You can use Synchro Start to start automatic accompaniment at the moment you press a key, and Synchro Stop to stop automatic accompani- ment at the moment you take your hand off of the keyboard.

1

Press the [SYNCHRO START/

STOP] switch

The [SYNCHRO START/STOP] switch indicator will light.

c. Pedal Start, Pedal Stop

You can start/stop the automatic accompaniment by pressing the assignable switch.

1

Access the “Func 3/10” page

After pressing the [FUNCTION] switch,

 

use the [PAGE ®] switch to access the

 

“Func 3/10” page.

2

Set the “Assignable Switch” set-

ting to “Start/Stop”

 

The pedal connected to the Assignable

 

Switch jack will now function in the same

 

way as the [START/STOP] switch.

 

(p.66)

3

Press the [EXIT] or [FUNCTION]

switch

 

You will return to the main page.

4

Specify a chord

 

Automatic

accompaniment

5

2

Specify a chord, and playback

will start (Synchro start)

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Korg Sp-500 Specify a chord, While a chord is specified, press, Synchro START/STOP, Switch, When you take your hand off