Technics sx-PR804/M, sx-PR604/M How to use the Auto Play Chord, Left Hold, On Bass

Part II Playing the rhythm

How to use the AUTO PLAY CHORD

1.Select the desired rhythm and sound(s), and

set the tempo.

•Do not select METRONOME.

2.Press the AUTO PLAY CHORD’s OFF/ON button to turn it on.

AUTO PLAY CHORD

MODE OFF/ON

CHORD FINDER

6.Specify a chord.

•If the BASIC or ADVANCED mode was selected, specify the chord on the keyboard section to the left of the split point.

Split point

•An accompaniment pattern in the specified chord is auto- matically played. Play the melody with your right hand.

3.Press the AUTO PLAY CHORD’s MODE but-

ton to turn it on.

•The display looks similar to the following.

4.Select an AUTO PLAY CHORD mode.

•After a few seconds, the display returns to the previous display.

•If the BASIC or an ADVANCED mode was selected, the keyboard automatically splits into right and left sections.

ON BASS

If the ON BASS button is ON, the BASS part is produced in the key of the lowest note of the played chord, thus making it possible to play chords such as C on G (excluding <one- finger> chords).

•For example, with the ON BASS button on, if you play a C chord by pressing the keys G, C and E, the BASS part is produced in the key of G.

5.Press the START/STOP button to begin the

rhythm.

•You can start the rhythm by playing a key on the keyboard. (Refer to page 45.)

Example of how to play a BASIC <One-Finger> accom- paniment

Play the melody with your right hand.

CFGC

Left hand

•When you use FILL IN, INTRO and ENDING, the auto- matic accompaniment is also used in these patterns.

•You can set the mode which determines how the LEFT part sounds during an AUTO PLAY CHORD performance. (Refer to the following section on “LEFT HOLD”.)

•In the initialized condition, when the rhythm is off, if an AUTO PLAY CHORD mode is on and a chord is specified, the specified root note (R. BASS part) and chord notes (CHORD part) are produced. The volumes of these notes can be adjusted. (Refer to page 31.)

7.To stop the automatic accompaniment, press

the START/STOP button.

•If you wish the automatic accompaniment to begin and end the performance, set the OFF/ON button to off.

Playing the rhythm

LEFT HOLD

This setting determines how the LEFT part sounds when the LEFT button in the CONDUCTOR is on during a performance with the BASIC or ADVANCED 1, 2 mode.

1.Press the AUTO PLAY CHORD’s MODE but-

ton to turn it on.

•The display changes to the following.

2.Use the LEFT HOLD: ON/OFF button to set the mode to on or off.

OFF:

The LEFT part sounds from the pressed chord keys.

•When BASIC is selected, the LEFT part turns off. The LEFT part sounds if you turn it on, but <one-finger> chords cannot be specified.

ON:

Specifying <one-finger> chords in the BASIC mode pro- duces the full chords; otherwise the LEFT part notes are those of the pressed chord keys.

•When BASIC is selected the LEFT part turns off, but it will sound if you turn it on.

•Touch response does not function for the LEFT part.

•When the mode is set to ON, during a rhythm perform- ance, the LEFT part continues to play even when the keys are released.

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