Yamaha Portatone, PSR-270 manual Select the desired EZ Chord bank, Play the chords, Bank Chain

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE

3 Select the desired EZ Chord bank.

Use the numeric keypad. Buttons 1 - 8 select EZ Chord banks #1 - #8, respectively. Button 9 selects the bank chain “A-1” bank (see box below).

4 Start the accompaniment.

Use any one of the methods described on page 48 to start the ac- companiment.

The EZ Chord chords can also be played back without the full (bass and rhythm) accompaniment. To do this, simply skip step #4.

5 Play the chords.

To play a chord, press any one key in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard.

Auto accompaniment

section

ACMP ON
	Chord name
006 116TEMPO
	Each dark “block” indicates
Indicates the chord position	a recorded chord. Currently
	selected block flashes.
(128 are available in a bank).

Each time you press a single key in the accompaniment section of the keyboard, EZ Chord plays the recorded chord and automatically advances to the next one. (Unrecorded “empty” blocks are skipped.) In this way, you can control the timing of chords with just a single finger of your left hand, and still use the powerful auto accompani- ment features to create full backing — while you play melodies or solo with your right hand.

•To reset the position to

the first chord in the bank, simply select the same bank again by pressing the corresponding number button of the numeric keypad.

•The accompaniment Split Point can be freely set, letting you determine what keys comprise the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard. (See page 59.)

•You can use the footswitch to select successive chords, letting you play the full keyboard while still being able to use EZ Chord. (See page 91.)

Bank Chain

A special bank chain function allows you to connect all banks, letting you go automatically from one bank to the next, without breaking up your chord progression. This, for example, lets you program chord changes for an entire set of songs, and not have to interrupt your performance by changing banks.

To use this, go to step #3 above (in “EZ Chord Playback”) and press the “9” button of the numeric keypad.

STYLE A-1EZ

Indicates that bank chain is selected.

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