Auto Accompaniment; Style Select; Accompaniment Control - Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-400 Owner's Manual

FEATURE REFERENCE

STYLE SELECT

Select any of the PSR-400/PSR-500's 100 accompani-
ment styles by using one of the two following methods:
1 :
Choose one of the 100 accompaniment styles — num-
bered "00" through "99" — shown on the STYLE LIST
then enter its number using the numeric STYLE SELECT
buttons. To select BAROQUE (number 27), for example,
first press "2" and then "7." The number "27" should then
be displayed on the left two digits of the MULTI DISPLAY.
2:
The [+] and [-] buttons in the STYLE SELECT group
can be used to increment (increase by one) or decrement
(decrease by one) the current accompaniment style number.
Press the [+] button briefly to select the accompaniment
style one number higher than the current accompaniment
style, or the [-] button to select the accompaniment style one
number lower than the current accompaniment style. If you
hold the [+] or [-] button down, the accompaniment style
number will increment or decrement continuously — simply
release the button when the desired accompaniment style
number has been reached.
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AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT

ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL

Starting the Accompaniment
Press the [START/STOP] button to start the selected
accompaniment immediately. The rhythm sound will be-
gin playing and, if the FINGERED or SINGLE FINGER
mode is selected via the OVERALL CONTROL section
MODE button, the bass and chord parts will also begin
playing as soon as the first note or chord is played on the
keyboard.
Press the [SYNC-START ON/OFF] button if you want
the accompaniment to start when you play the first note on
the keyboard. In this case the accompaniment is started by
playing in the left-hand section of the keyboard if the
FINGERED, SINGLE FINGER or SPLIT mode is
selected, or by playing anywhere on the keyboard if the
NORMAL mode is selected. If you press the [SYNC-
START ON/OFF — RHYTHM STOP] button, the right
two dots in the MULTI DISPLAY and the [SYNC-
START ON/OFF — RHYTHM STOP] button indicator
will flash at the current tempo. The synchro start mode
can be re-engaged by pressing the [SYNC-START ON/
OFF — RHYTHM STOP] button again so that its
indicator goes out.
The right two dots in the MULTI DISPLAY will con-
tinue to flash while the rhythm plays to provide a visual
indication of the current tempo.
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