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■Fingered Accompaniment
ZSelect FINGERED ...................................................................................................................................
XSelect a Style ..........................................................................................................................................
The FINGERED mode is ideal if you already know how to play chords on a keyboard, since it allows you to supply
your own chords for the Auto Accompaniment feature.
Select an accompaniment style using the style selectors (see “Style Selection”
on page 17).
Press the [FINGERED] button to select the FINGERED mode (the FIN-
GERED indicator will light).

Auto Bass Chord (ABC)

CSet the Tempo.........................................................................................................................................
Use the TEMPO [▲] and [▼] buttons to set the desired accompaniment tempo
if necessary (see “Tempo Control” on page 17 for more details).
VPlay ..........................................................................................................................................................
As soon as you play any chord (up to 4 notes) on the lower keyboard (up to the
split point — normally the F#2 key), the PDP-400 will automatically begin to play
the chord along with the selected rhythm and an appropriate bass line (synchro start
is automatically selected in the ABC mode*).
* Automatic synchro start switching can be enabled or disabled via the utility 1 mode “Auto
Synchro Start Switching” function, described on page 43.
NOTES
•The automatic accompaniment will sometimes not
change when related chords are played in sequence
(e.g. some minor chords followed by the minor
seventh).
The PDP-400 will accept the following chord 20 types:
•Major [M]
•Minor [m]
•Major seventh [M7]
•Sixth [6]
•Seventh [7]
•Minor sixth [m6]
•Minor seventh [m7]
•Minor major seventh [mM7]
•Minor seventh flatted fifth [m7-5]
•Minor flatted fifth [m-5]
•Major flatted fifth [M-5]
•Seventh flatted fifth [7-5]
•Major seventh flatted fifth [M7-5]
•Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4]
•Suspended fourth [sus4]
•Augmented [aug]
•Seventh sharp fifth [7+5]
•Major seventh sharp fifth [M7+5]
•Diminished [dim]
•Half diminished
(minor major seventh flatted fifth) [mM7-5]
●The [INTRO/ENDING], [NORMAL/FILL TO NORMAL], and [VARIA-
TION/FILL TO VARIATION] buttons can be used in the ABC mode to create
pattern variations in the same way that they are used with rhythm patterns (refer
to the “Accompaniment” section on page 18, 19 for details).
BStop the Accompaniment ......................................................................................................................
Press the [START/STOP] or [INTRO/ENDING] button to stop the accompani-
ment.
NOTES
•Press the [FINGERED] button so that its indicator goes out when you want to exit
from the FINGERED mode.
NORMAL/FILL TO NORMAL
VARIATION/FILL TO VARIATION
NORMAL/FILL TO NORMAL
INTRO/ENDING
=
=
INTRO/ENDING
=Lower key
=
Lower key
INTRO/ENDING
VARIATION/FILL TO VARIATION
=
Lower key
Lower key
Lower key
+
+
Normal start
Variation start
Intro start
Fill start to normal
Fill start to variation
FINGERED
INTRO/ENDING
START/STOP