The Chord Sequence Function - Yamaha PDP-400 Owner's Manual

data (the voice played via the keyboard can be changed).
The CHORD SEQUENCE function provides a convenient way to enter chord sequences and style changes one at a time.
CHORD
SEQUENCE
• The chord sequence data will replace any previous ABC data.
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A B
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Beat
BEAT
Measure number
• The number of the measure to be entered is shown on the TEMPO display, while the beat to be entered is shown on the BEAT
NOTES
CHORD
SEQUENCE

The Chord Sequence Function

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Engage the Chord Sequence Function
Press the [CHORD SEQUENCE] button. The [ORCH/3-10TR] and
[RHYTHM] track button indicators will glow red, and the ABC FINGERED
mode will be automatically selected — switch to the SINGLE FINGER mode if
you prefer. If the SINGLE FINGER mode was already selected it will remain
engaged.
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X
Enter the Chords and/or Style Changes
Make the required style changes (style number, normal/variation, fill-in, intro/
ending, and tempo, as necessary), play and hold a chord on the left-hand section of
the keyboard, and press the [q] key (look for the "q" symbol below the B6 key) or
the [w] key (C7) to enter the chord for a quarter note or whole note, respectively.
You can move one beat backward by pressing the [?] key (A6).
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Continue entering chords in this manner until your sequence is complete.
display.
• If no chords are entered, the result will be a rhythm-only sequence.
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Stop Recording
When all the required chords and style changes have been entered, press the
[CHORD SEQUENCE] button to stop recording.
• The chord sequence data now resides in Performance Memory tracks 3 though
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10 and 15, and can be played back in the normal way. Add melody tracks 1 and 2
as required. You can also record over individual tracks of the sequence and
replace them with original material if you like by using the standard Performance
Memory track selection and record procedure.
Punch-in Chord Sequence Recording
You can begin chord sequence recording from any point within a previously-
recorded song by pausing playback at the point you want to begin chord se-
quence recording, engaging the Chord Sequence function at that point, and en-
tering the chords up to the end of the sequence as described above.
• If you attempt punch-in chord sequence recording on a song in which no chord
NOTES
sequence data has been entered, "no" will appear on the SONG NUMBER dis-
play and the recording will not be possible.
• If you record chord sequences to all songs on a disk, the maximum number of
songs available on that disk will be 55.
Performance Memory
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