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

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