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You may want to select an accompaniment mode (page 71) before
you start playing. If the accompaniment mode is set to your liking, you
can start the Auto Accompaniment as follows:

ZSelect a style.........................................................................................................

Starting the Auto Accompaniment
Pianist styles
You can play the PIANIST styles and
Guitar Waltz in the TRAD/WALTZ style
group with the Auto Accompaniment
(page 61). Since these styles do not
contain drum parts, you’ll have to indicate
a chord as you start the style to hear the
accompaniment.
Select the desired style. (See page 61.)

XSet the tempo and accompaniment volume.......................

Use the TEMPO buttons to adjust the tempo (page 27), and the
[ACMP/SONG VOLUME] slider to adjust the volume of the accompa-
niment parts (page 23).

CTurn on the Auto Accompaniment................................................

• The Auto Accompaniment will auto-
matically turn on when you select a
style in the Pianist style group.
• The Auto Accompaniment can also be
turned on during playback of song data
recorded on the CVP-109/107/105/
700/103.
• If you turn the Auto Accompaniment on
while playing back songs recorded
using the Auto Accompaniment, the
recorded accompaniment track will be
dropped in favor of the accompaniment
you play on the keyboard.
Press the [ACMP ON] button.
The [SYNCHRO] lamp also lights, indicating that you can start the
Auto Accompaniment with the Synchronized Start function (page 65).
Also, a keyboard lamp shows the current split point.

VStart the Auto Accompaniment. .......................................................

• You can also select style variations
and play fill-in patterns as described on
page 63 while playing along with the
Auto Accompaniment.
• Press the [ACMP ON] button again to
turn the Auto Accompaniment off
before you start playing.
Begin playing to start the Auto Accompaniment with the Synchro-
nized Start function, or start the style using one (or more) of the other
methods described on pages 64 and 67.
The methods used to indicate Auto Accompaniment chords are de-
scribed in the following pages.
Stopping the Auto Accompaniment
Use one of the methods described on page 67 to stop playback of the
style, including the Auto Accompaniment.
To turn Auto Accompaniment off, press the [ACMP ON] button so
that the lamp goes out.
STYLE
SWING/
JAZZ LATIN
TRAD/
WALTZ
BALL–
ROOM
16BEAT
8BEAT DANCE
ROCK/
R&B
BALLAD PIANIST
COUNTRY DISK
CUSTOM
MAIN A
ACMP ON INTRO
Playing with the Auto Accompaniment
➔The [ACMP ON] lamp lights, and the current accompaniment
mode is indicated at the left edge of the main display.
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