Using The Style Auto Functions; Select The Fill In And Change Style Variation; Start The Style Accompaniments With Key Start; Start The Style With An Intro Pattern - GEM GK 350 Owner's Manual

Using the Style Auto functions

The Styles provide a wide variety of automatic functions
that make the GK350 very easy to play. The functions are
found in the ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL section.

Select the Fill In and change Style Variation

Each Style has two accompaniment patterns, NORMAL and VARIATION, which
you can select at any time before or after starting to play the Styles by pressing the
corresponding button. The status of the LED on the FILL 1 or FILL 2 buttons tells
you which Style pattern is active for play, Normal or Variation.
When you press the [FILL 1/NORMAL] or the [FILL 2/VAR] button during playback,
the current pattern is interrupted by an appropriate Fill In, or "break", then it pro-
ceeds with the same pattern or variation, depending on which button you press.
The LED of the button pressed turns on while the LED of the other button turns off.

Start the Style accompaniments with Key Start

The KEY START function allows you to synchronize the start of your Style with a
note or chord pressed on the keyboard without using the Start/Stop button.
When you press the [KEY START] button, the display shows 4 flashing black dots
(beat pattern indicators) above the word TEMPO to indicate the synchro start stand-
by. Now, if you play a note or chord on the lower part of the keyboard, the Style
pattern starts automatically.

Start the Style with an Intro pattern

Before starting the Style, press the [INTRO] button to place the keyboard on intro-
duction start stand-by. The LED of the current Style pattern (Fill1/Normal or Fill2/
Var) starts to flash to indicate that the INTRO has been preset. Now press the
[START/STOP] button and play a note or chord on the lower part of the keyboard.
The Style starts with an introductory pattern then it proceeds with the selected auto-
accompaniment (Normal or Variation).

Stop the Style with an Ending phrase

You can stop your Style automatically with a well-executed Ending pattern without
using the Start/Stop button. While the Style is playing, simply press the [ENDING]
button. The Style auto-accompaniment stops automatically with an Ending phrase.

Fade the Style Volume to zero while playing

While playing your Style, you can fade the overall volume down to zero simply by
pressing the [FADE] button. After pressing the button, the Style continues to play
but the volume decreases gradually until no volume is heard.
To stop the accompaniment, press the [START/STOP] button.

Harmony

An interesting feature of the GK350 is the HARMONY function, an automatic har-
monizing device which transforms simple one-note melodies into fully orchestrated
pieces.
This feature is best used with the Styles, but it can also be used in Voice mode.
The HARMONY function is used with a split keyboard only (Split or Fingered/One
Finger) and provides three different settings, 1, 2 and 3. There is also an OFF
setting to deactivate the function.
1. Either in Split voice mode, or in Style mode, press the [HARMONY] button once.
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