Playing Styles; Adjusting The Style Volume - Yamaha PSR-E243 YPT-240 Owner's Manual

This instrument includes the Auto Accompaniment feature that plays appropriate
Styles (rhythm + bass + chord accompaniment). You can select from a huge variety of
Styles covering a wide range of musical genres.
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Press the [STYLE] button, then use the
number buttons [0] [9], [+], [-] to select
the desired Style.
The Style List is provided on the front panel, or in
the Style List (page 36).
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2
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn
on the Auto Accompaniment.
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With this operation, the area of the keyboard to the
left of the Split Point (54: F#2) becomes the Auto
Accompaniment range and is used only for spec-
ifying the chords.
8
The highest key for the Auto Accompaniment
range is referred to as the Split Point, which can
be changed from the default of F#2 via Function
number 005 (page 24).
3
Press the [SYNC START] button to turn
Synchro Start on.
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Adjusting the Style Volume

To adjust the volume balance between Style playback
and keyboard, you can adjust the Style Volume. This
can be set via Function number 001 (page 24).
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Play a chord in the Auto Accompani-
ment range to start playback.
Play a melody with the right hand and chords with
the left hand.
For information about chords, refer to Chord
Types for Style Playback (page 18) or use the
Chord Dictionary function (page 19).
Press the [START/STOP] button to stop
playback.
You can add intro, ending and rhythm variations to
Style playback by using Sections. For details,
refer to page 17.
To play back the rhythm part only
If you press the [START/STOP] button (without press-
ing the [ACMP ON/OFF] button in step 2), only the
rhythm part can be played back, and you can play a
melody performance using the entire keyboard range.
NOTE
Since the Pianist category Styles (093 100) have no
rhythm parts, no sound will be produced if you start
rhythm-only playback.
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