Starting Accompaniment

Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn the auto accompaniment function on.

Accompaniment On indicator

You can start playing accompaniment using one of the following four methods.

Sync start

Press the [SYNC START] button. The EZ-20 enters Sync start waiting mode, and the icon flashes.

When you start playing chords in the accompaniment key range, the accompaniment starts playing.

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Accompaniment

 

key range

To cancel Sync start waiting mode, press the [SYNC START] button again. At this time, playing a chord in the accompaniment key range will produce bass sounds and chords without a rhythm section.

Start

As soon as you press the [START/STOP] button, the rhythm part starts playing.

When you play a chord in the accompaniment key range, the EZ-20 produces the bass and chords.

Accompaniment

key range

When you press the [START/STOP] button, only the rhythm part of the selected accompaniment starts playing. If any of accompaniment styles 89–100 (Accompa- niment category: PIANIST) is selected, no rhythm part sounds.

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Yamaha EZ-20, Yamaha PortaTone owner manual Starting Accompaniment, Sync start