Auto Harmony; The Chord Memory; Recording - Yamaha PortaTone Owner's Manual

AUTO HARMONY

This sophisticated feature automatically adds appropriate
harmony notes to a melody you play on the keyboard. You can
choose from 5 different types of harmony.
Only a single note can be played at a time on the keyboard (or the
right-hand section of the keyboard when in the SPLIT mode) when
the AUTO HARMONY feature is used.
1.
Use the [AUTO HARMONY] buttons to select a harmony
type between "01" and "05."
The first time the AUTO HARMONY
ton is pressed the current harmony type number will
appear on the MULTI DISPLAY. While the current har-
mony type is still showing on the display, press the AUTO
HARMONY button briefly to increment (increase by
one) the harmony type number, or the
rement (decrease by one) the harmony type number. Hold-
ing either button causes continuous incrementing or
decrementing. The selected harmony type number will be
shown on the MULTI DISPLAY while the [AUTO HAR-
MONY] or
button is pressed (the letter "H" will
appear before the harmony type number).
PSR-200/PSR-300 Harmony Types
00
OFF
01 DUET
02 TRIO
03 BLOCK
04 COUNTRY
05 OCTAVE
The OFF setting can be selected at any time by pressing both
the [AUTO HARMONY] buttons simultaneously.
2.
Play.
In the SINGLE FINGER or FINGERED mode, the left-hand
chords determine the harmony notes that will be applied to the
right-hand melody.
In the NORMAL mode, all harmony is based on a C major
chord.
If AUTO HARMONY is used at the same time as the SPLIT
feature (see page 6) harmony will be not be applied to the left-
hand voice. Left-hand chord fingerings are used to determine
the harmony applied to the right-hand voice. Usable fingerings
are the same as for the FINGERED mode.
If AUTO HARMONY is used at the same time as the DUAL
feature (see page 5) harmony will be not be applied to the
second "dual" voice.
If the synchro start mode is turned off by pressing the
[SYNCHRO START/ENDING] button prior to playing, right-hand
melody and harmony without accompaniment can be produced
— but the left-hand chords will still have to be fingered to pro-
duce the appropriate harmony.

THE CHORD MEMORY

"record" and play back chord sequences created using the
Auto Accompaniment feature. You can record a complete
accompaniment part, for example, and then play along with it
using both hands — you're free to use the entire keyboard for
your performance rather than being limited to only the upper
keyboard area.
that can be used to record different accompaniments. The
banks can be "chained" — i.e. they will play back in any
or
but-
specified order. This allows you to record a verse and chorus
in different banks, for example, then "chain" them in the de-
sired order for playback.
button to dec-
1.
2.
3.
The PSR-200/PSR-300 CHORD MEMORY allows you to
The CHORD MEMORY also has three separate "banks"
Chord sequences containing a maximum of 60 different chords can
be recorded in each bank.
Material recorded using the CHORD MEMORY is retained in
memory even when the POWER switch is turned OFF (if batteries
are present).

Recording

Pick out an accompaniment style that is appropriate for
the type of music you want to record.
Press the [BANK 1], [BANK 2], or [BANK 3] button
while holding the CHORD MEMORY [REC] button. This
engages the "record ready" mode for the selected bank.
The bank indicator will flash, the metronome will sound,
and the three dots along the bottom of the MULTI DIS-
PLAY will flash at the currently selected tempo. Press the
[REC] button again if you want to disengage the record
ready mode and perform some other function.
If the NORMAL or SPLIT mode is selected, the FIN-
GERED mode is automatically selected when the record
ready mode is engaged. If the FINGERED or SINGLE
FINGER mode is selected, no change occurs.
Before actually beginning to record, you should set a
tempo that will be easy to record at using the [TEMPO]
buttons.
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