Yamaha PSR-270, Portatone manual Select the EZ Chord function, EZ Chord Playback

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE

EZ Chord

The EZ Chord function is an exceptionally flexible and easy way to program semi-automatic backing for your performances. It lets you record all necessary chord changes for an entire song, and then allows you to “play” each chord in the sequence you programmed by simply pressing a single key in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard.

Besides being a convenient performance tool, EZ Chord is also ideal for practicing right hand melodies and soloing techniques, since it lets you easily produce the chord accompaniment with your left hand — allowing you to concentrate on your right hand.

EZ Chord gives you eight separate banks (each of which contains up to 128 chord spaces) to which you can record chords. A special bank chain function allows you to connect all banks, letting you switch automatically from one bank to the next, without breaking up your chord progression.

EZ Chord — Playback

Once you’ve recorded your own EZ Chord bank (page 68), you can play it back using the operation steps below.

However, you can try out EZ Chord on your own right now, without having to record your own EZ Chord bank. Several chord progres- sions have already been recorded to EZ Chord banks 1 and 2, letting you try out this convenient feature and get some ideas on how to best use EZ Chord in your own performances. (For your conve- nience, the scores for factory-programmed banks 1 and 2 are given on page 107.)

1 Call up the Style mode and select a style. Also select an OTS setting, if desired.

Press the STYLE button and select the desired style with the numeric keypad. (For more information on OTS, see page 72.)

2 Select the EZ Chord function.

Press the CHORD GUIDE button, repeatedly if necessary, until “EZ” appears. The auto accompaniment is automatically turned on when EZ Chord is selected.

DICTIONARY

SMART

CHORD EZ

GUIDE OFF

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STYLE1EZ

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