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Other useful functions

■Starting the accompaniment

You can use one of four ways to start the accompaniment.

In all of these types, make sure to first press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to enable the auto accompaniment.

You may also want to have an intro play to start the accompaniment. To do this, press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] but- ton. The intro starts with one of the methods below, followed by the main pattern.

●Starting right away

Press the [START/STOP] button. This immediately starts the rhythm part of the accompaniment. Bass and other backing parts play as soon as you play chords in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

Accompaniment starts.

●Starting with a chord

Press the [SYNC START] button. (The [START/STOP] button flashes.) This sets the Synchro Start function to stand-by, letting you start the full accompaniment simply by playing a chord in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

Auto accompaniment

area

Accompaniment starts when you play a chord.

Synchro Start is set to stand-by

●Starting with a chord, and stopping when you release the keys

Press the [SYNC STOP] button. (The [START/STOP] button flashes.) This sets the Synchro Start function to stand-by, letting you start the full accompaniment simply by playing a chord in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

It also lets you instantly stop the accompaniment by releasing your fingers from the keyboard. Synchro Start stays in stand-by, so you can alternately start and stop the accompaniment by playing and releasing chords in the auto accompaniment area of the keyboard.

Auto accompaniment

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Synchro Start is set to stand-by

Accompaniment continues as long as you hold down the keys.

Accompaniment stops when you release the keys.

●Starting with a count—tapping the tempo

Start the song by tapping out the basic beat with the [TEMPO/TAP] button—four times for a time signature of 4/4, three times for 3/4. The accompaniment starts automatically at the tempo you tapped.

Accompaniment starts at the tempo you tap.

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