Yamaha AR-80 Accompaniment Program

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Accompaniment Program
The AR-80 features two powerful rhythm/accompaniment programming functions: Accompaniment
Program and Sequence Program.
The Accompaniment Program function lets you create up to eight of your own original User Styles,
each of which includes rhythm patterns, bass and chord parts, and other instrumental phrases.
Moreover, you can create up to five different sections for each Style: Intro, Main A and B, Fill In, and
Ending. The true power and flexibility of this feature, however, is that the original User Styles can
be used with the A.B.C. automatic accompaniment, so that when you play or indicate chords on the
Lower keyboard, your custom-recorded accompaniment changes chords automatically.
The AR-80 lets you store up eight User Styles for instant recall. However, you can save additional
User Styles to floppy disks — letting you create an unlimited library of Styles for future use. When
recording a User Style, you can select an existing Style and customize it for your own requirements,
or create a completely new Style from scratch.
Calling Up the Accompaniment Program
Function
When editing an existing Style:
1. Select a Style.
Press the appropriate button in the STYLE section, then select a specific Style from the Style
Menu.
Selecting a preset Style for Accompaniment Program is a quick and efficient way to create your
own User Styles, since it lets you make changes to already existing patterns and phrases.