Select A Style; Set The Tempo - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-4000 Owner's Manual

Using the Accompaniment Section
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Select a Style

The PSR-4000 has 120 preset styles organized in
11 groups (see the "Style List" on page 130).
Use the ACCOMPANIMENT group buttons to
select the group from which you want to select a
style. The corresponding style display will appear.
NOTES
• The display will automatically revert to the main display
after a few seconds if the [LIST HOLD] button is not
engaged (page 11).
• For easy selection some styles are repeated in different
groups.
• Custom styles which can be selected via the ACCOMPA-
NIMENT [CUSTOM] button can be created via the CUS-
TOM ACCOMPANIMENT RECORD mode described on
page 69, or loaded from disk.
Use the page-number LCD [ / ] controls to
select the page containing the style you want if more
than one page is available, then press the LCD
button corresponding to the desired style. You can
also use either of the
to select any of the styles within the selected group.
The PSR-4000 automatically determines the voices
to be used for the accompaniment bass and chords
according the accompaniment style you select.
NOTES
• Also see "Custom Accompaniment" on page 69.
• The custom style button can be used to access SFF
(optional style file format) disks that have been loaded.
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Set the Tempo

When you select a different style while the ac-
companiment is not playing, the "default" tempo for
that style is also selected, and the tempo is displayed
on the display in quarter-note beats per minute. If
the accompaniment is playing, the same tempo is
maintained even if you select a different style.
You can change the tempo to any value between
32 and 280 beats per minute, however, by using the
TEMPO [–] and [+] buttons. This can be done either
before the accompaniment is started or while it is
playing. To use the [–] and [+] buttons, press either
button briefly to decrement or increment the tempo
value by one, or hold the button for continuous
decrementing or incrementing.
NOTES
• The default tempo for the selected style can be recalled at
any time by pressing both the TEMPO [–] and [+] buttons
simultaneously.
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LCD [ / ] controls
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ACCOMPANIMENT
ROCK /
ROCK'N'ROLL
POP / BEAT
BALLAD
DANCE
DISCO
RHYTHM &
BLUES
AUTO BASS CHORD
TEMPO
–
Tempo
JAZZ
LATIN
COUNTRY&
WESTERN
ONE TOUCH
SETTING
MARCH /
WALTZ
BALLROOM
CUSTOM
STYLE
+