Creating Accompaniment Styles - Kawai X50-D Owner's Manual

M@ Style Maker: Creating Accompaniment Styles
Have you ever wished you could take your own musical ideas and put together
a dynamite auto-accompaniment style of your own? Now you can! Using the
Style Maker feature, you can create your own Styles (including INTRO, FILL-IN,
ENDING, and BASIC Patterns). This is an extremely powerful feature that offers
you tremendous creative freedom!
STYLE
MAKER START/STOP
GOT
RHYTHM
CLEAR
RHYTHM
ERASE
Le 1 A
RHYTHM
CLEAR
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2.
Use the SELECTOR buttons to select a style. For this example, try the Style
No. 033 (POP ROCK 1).
First select the BASIC Pattern.
With the accompaniment turned "off", press the STYLE MAKER button
(which does not light). Then press the START/STOP button. The display
will change to read "bAS", which is short for "Basic." This indicates that
the BASIC Pattern has been selected.
Now change the Rhythm (drum) part.
Find the STYLE MAKER section at the right end of the keyboard which is
identified by the heading STYLE MAKER above the keys. This section
contains the "User Program" keys for changing accompaniment styles.
Notice that there are two RHYTHM CLEAR keys in the STYLE MAKER
section. That is because the Rhythm part is made up of two elements — the
"Group A" Rhythm part and the 'Group B" Rhythm part. The Group A
Rhythm part is heard through the two smaller recessed speakers on the
X50-D. The Group B Rhythm part is heard through the two larger speakers.
(a) Changing the Group B Rhythm Part
Press the G#5 key (labelled "Rhythm Clear") twice. You'll hear the
metronome begin to play. The metronome is on if you can hear a high
"wood block" sound on the first beat of each measure. The display will
change to show the number of the POP ROCK Style (that is, number
033). Try adding the CLAP sound by pressing the D#1 key (which
controls the CLAP sound) wherever it seems appropriate. Add other drum
sounds to suit your musical taste.
(b) If you make a mistake (for example, you put the claps in the wrong place),
use the "Rhythm Erase" key (A5) to remove the mistake. Hold down the
Rhythm Erase key (A5) while you press the "CLAP" key (D#1). All
CLAP sounds will be instantly erased.
(c) Changing the Group A Rhythm Part
Press the D#5 key twice. The entire Group A rhythm part will be erased.
Now, use the drum keys to rebuild the rhythm part. If you make a
mistake, use the Rhythm Erase key (A5) to erase a particular sound as
before.
Three CLEAR keys at the left side of the STYLE MAKER section (C#5 to D#5)
are used to create the Group A parts. Five CLEAR keys from E5 to G#5 are used
to create te Group B parts.
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