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BASIC CONCEPTS
Chapter 1
3. Phrases
• “Phrases” are musical accompaniment phrases for a single
instrument, such as a rhythm pattern for the rhythm part, a
bass line for the bass part, or a chord backing for the guitar
part. Phrases are the smallest unit that makes up the accom-
paniment of a song.
• The QY700 provides 3,876 Preset Phrases, and 99 User
Phrases for each Style.
• Preset phrases and user phrases are categorized by three
parameters: “instrument category,” “beat” and “number.”
This lets you efficiently find desired phrases without hav-
ing to be familiar with each individual phrase.

Instrument category

• Instrument category refers to the type of instrument or play-
ing technique. There are the following 15 instrument cat-
egories. “US” indicates a “User Phrase,” and all others are
preset phrases.

Beat

• Beat categorizes phrases by their basic rhythm, into the fol-
lowing three types.

Number

• Number specifies phrases within Instrument Category and
Beat by a number 001 – 256. (User phrases are numbered
001 – 099.)
4. How chord conversion works

Chord conversion table

• The QY700’s “chord conversion table” allows phrases to
be developed and played according to the Chord Root and
Chord Type that you specify.
• The chord conversion table provides pitch data correspond-
ing to 12 chord roots and 28 chord types. The data played
back by a phrase passes through the chord conversion table
and is converted to the pitches that correspond to the chord
root and chord type. In this way, the phrase is developed
into the specified chord.
• The Source Chord indicates the chord with which the phrase
was originally recorded. The source chord plays an impor-
tant role in the chord conversion of phrases. This is because
the original chords must be known in order for the chords
of a phrase to be converted into the specified chords.
• In other words, chord conversion is performed by reading
relative pitch differences between the source chord and the
specified chord from the chord conversion table.
• You can specify the Phrase Type of each phrase so that chord
conversion will be performed in a manner appropriate for
the instrument. There are seven phrase types: melody 1 and
2, chord 1 and 2, bass, bypass, and parallel. The chord con-
version table is switched according to the phrase type.
• The Phrase Type and Source Chord can be set for each phrase
in the phrase table (→ p.209).
Da Drum-a Drum phrases
Db Drum-b(General) Drum phrases
Fa Drum Fill-a(Pop & Rock) Drum fill-in phrases
Fb Drum Fill-b(Specific) Drum fill-in phrases
Fc Drum Fill-c(General) Drum fill-in phrases
DP Durm Parts Drum phrases separated by instrument
PC Percussion Percussion phrases
PF Percussion Fill Percussion fill-in phrases
Ba Bass-a Bass phrases
Bb Bass-b(General) Bass phrases
GC Guitar Chord Guitar chord backing phrases
GA Guitar Arpeggio Guitar arpeggio phrases
GR Guitar Riff Guitar riff phrases
KC Keyboard Chord Keyboard chord backing phrases
KA Kbd Arpeggio Keyboard arpeggio phrases
KR Keyboard Riff Keyboard riff phrases
PD Pad Pad-type phrases
BR Brass Brass phrases
SE Sound Effect Sound effect phrases
US User User phrases
Display Category
16 16 beat : 16-beat phrases
08 8 beat : 8-beat phrases
34 3/4 beat : 3/4 time or 6/8 time phrases
Display Type
Chord root
Chord type
Instrument category Beat Number Phrase name