Yamaha Portatone manual Changing the Tempo, Change chords using the auto ac- companiment feature

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE

3 Change chords using the auto ac- companiment feature.

Try playing a few successive single notes with your left hand, and notice how the bass and chord accompaniment change with each key you play. You can also play full chords to control the auto accompaniment. (Refer to page 56 for more infor- mation on how to use auto accompaniment.)

•The ACMP ON/OFF button can also be used to turn off and on the bass/chord accompaniment while playing — allowing you to create dynamic rhythmic breaks in your performance.

•You can use the Sync-Start function to create a similar, yet even more dramatic break. While the accompaniment is playing, pressing the SYNC-START button immediately stops the accompaniment and enables Sync-Start. This lets you play unaccompanied until you press a key in the auto accompaniment section to start the accompaniment again. This is especially effective when you press the SYNC-START button at the end of a musical phrase.

Chords played in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard are also detected and played when the accom- paniment is stopped. In effect, this gives you a “split keyboard,” with bass and chords in the left hand and the normally selected voice in the right.

CHANGING THE TEMPO

The Tempo of song (and accompaniment) playback can be adjusted over a range of 32 - 280 bpm (beats per minute). For instructions on changing the Tempo, see page 76.

Each style has been given a default or standard tempo. (For instructions on restoring the default tempo, see page 77.) When accompaniment playback is stopped and a different style is selected, the tempo returns to the default setting of the new style. When switching styles during playback, the last tempo setting is maintained. (This allows you to keep the same tempo, even when changing styles.)

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