Yamaha qx21 Owner's Manual page 14

All
the
available
note lengths
can be
entered as
rests
simply
by
pressing the
REST
button instead of playing a note or
chord on
the keyboard.
The +1
button
can be
used
at
any point during
a
measure
to
fill
the
remainder
of the
measure
with
rests
and
skip to the
beginning
of
the next measure.
If
the
+1 button
is
pressed
at
the
beginning
of a
measure,
a full
measure
rest will
be entered.
The
-1
button
can
be used
to return to
the beginning
of the current
measure
in
order
to
re-enter the
data
for
that
measure.
Notes
or rests
can be
tied
to the
following note
or
rest,
of
any
length, using the
TIE
button.
Only
notes
of
the
same
pitch
can be
tied
together.
For example,
to
tie
a
1
/1
6
note to
another 1/16
note, enter
the
first
1
/1
6
note,
then press the TIE
button.
This
effectively
creates
an 1/8 note (two
tied
1/16
notes).
A
1/4 note could be
tied to
an 1/8 note by
first
entering the
1/4
note, selecting
the 1/8 note length
on
the job
lists,
then pressing the TIE button. This
will
give
you
the equivalent
of
a
dotted 1/4
note. Naturally,
notes can be
tied
across the
measure
lines.
When
you
are finished
recording press the
STOP/CONTINUE
button. Press
START
to
hear
what you have
recorded.
*When
entering single notes
in
the step write
mode, be
sure to
enter
ONE NOTE
AT
A
TIME!
If
you
play
a
second note while the previous note
is
still
held,
both
notes
will
be entered as
a
chord on
the
same
beat.
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STEP
RECORD PROCEDURE
1
Select
STEP
RECORDING Mode
RECORD
LOAD
2 Select
Length
of
Step
to
be Entered
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°
B/
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Selected step length
(STEP
SIZE)
is
displayed
on
job
D»D
chart.
3 Enter Note,
Chord
or
Rest
Play note
or
chord on
keyboard,
go
back
to
2
and
select the next
STEP
SIZE, enter next note or chord,
and so
on.
Press
G=3
to enter a
rest of
the current step
size.
The measure count on
the
digital
LED
display
will
be updated
as
you
fill
each
measure with
notes,
chords
or
rests.
4
Tied
Notes and
Rests
Press to
tie
the previously entered note
or rest
to
another note
or
rest.
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