The Multi Pads; Playing The Multi Pads; Using Chord Match - Yamaha TYROS Owner's Manual

Quick Guide

The Multi Pads

The Multi Pads can be
used to play a number of
short pre-recorded
rhythmic and melodic
sequences that can be
used to add impact and
variety to your keyboard
performances.

Playing the Multi Pads

1
Select a Multi Pad Bank.
Press the LCD [E] button to call up the Multi Pad Bank selection (Open/Save) display
and select the desired Bank.
A
B
C
D
E
2
Press any of the Multi Pads.
MULTI PAD CONTROL
G About the color of the Multi Pads
• Green: Indicates that the corresponding pad contains data (phrase).
• Red: Indicates that the corresponding pad is playing back.
G Multi Pad data
There are two types of Multi Pad data. Some types will play back once and stop when
they reach to the end.
Others will play back repeatedly until you press the [STOP] button.
G Stopping playback of the Multi Pads
• To stop all pads, press and release the [STOP] button.
• To stop specific pads, simultaneously hold down the [STOP] button and press the
pad or pads you wish to stop.

Using Chord Match

Many of the Multi Pad phrases are melodic or chordal and you can have these phrases automatically change chords as you do
with your left hand. While a style is playing back and [ACMP] is on, simply play a chord with your left hand and press any of
the Multi Pads — Chord Match changes the pitch to match the chords you play. You can also use this with the style stopped (with
the Stop Accompaniment function; page 33). Keep in mind that some Multi Pads are not affected by Chord Match.
In this example, the phrase for Pad 2 will be transposed into F major before playing back.
Try out other various chord types while playing the Multi Pads.
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TYROS Owner's Manual
Reference on page 124
BANK 01
MULTI PAD
STOP
The corresponding phrase (in this case, for
Pad 1) starts playing back in its entirety as
soon as the pad is pressed. To stop it, press
and release the [STOP] button.
Chord section
A
B
C
D
E
MULTI PAD CONTROL
STOP
F
G
H
I
J
• Simply tap any of the Multi Pads at
any time to play back the corre-
sponding phrase at the currently
set tempo.
• You can even play two, three, or
four Multi Pads at the same time.
• Pressing the pad during its play-
back will stop playing and begin
playing from the top again.