Bank Chain - Yamaha Portatone PSR-340 Owner's Manual

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Start the accompaniment.
Use any one of the methods described on page 48 to start the ac-
companiment.
The EZ Chord chords can also be played back without the full (bass
and rhythm) accompaniment. To do this, simply skip step #4.
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Play the chords.
To play a chord, press any one key in the auto accompaniment
section of the keyboard.
Auto accompaniment
section
ACMP ON
006 116 TEMPO
Indicates the chord position
(128 are available in a bank).
Each time you press a single key in the accompaniment section of the
keyboard, EZ Chord plays the recorded chord and automatically
advances to the next one. (Unrecorded "empty" blocks are skipped.)
In this way, you can control the timing of chords with just a single
finger of your left hand, and still use the powerful auto accompani-
ment features to create full backing — while you play melodies or
solo with your right hand.
You can use the footswitch to
select successive chords, letting
you play the full keyboard while
still being able to use EZ Chord.
(See page 100.)

Bank Chain

A special bank chain function allows you to connect all banks, letting you go automatically from one bank to
the next, without breaking up your chord progression. This, for example, lets you program chord changes for
an entire set of songs, and not have to interrupt your performance by changing banks.
To use this, go to step #3 above (in "EZ Chord
Playback") and press the "9" button of the
numeric keypad.
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE
Chord name
Each dark "block" indicates
a recorded chord. Currently
selected block flashes.
FOOT SWITCH
A-1
STYLE
Indicates that bank chain is selected.
• To reset the position to
the first chord in the bank,
simply select the same bank
again by pressing the
corresponding number
button of the numeric
keypad.
• The accompaniment Split
Point can be freely set,
letting you determine what
keys comprise the auto
accompaniment section of
the keyboard. (See page
59.)
EZ
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