Accompaniment Control - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-1700 Owner's Manual

Accompaniment Control

The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 provide a range of accompaniment "sections" — introduction, fill-ins, break,
variations on the main pattern, ending — that you can select to control the "flow" of the accompaniment to
achieve the desired musical results. Accompaniment start/stop and sections are controlled by the ACCOMPANI-
MENT CONTROL buttons.
Straight Start ...........................................................................................................................................
STYLE
SELECT
AUTO
ACCOMP
START/STOP
4/4 time
1st beat
2nd beat
3rd beat
4th beat
3/4 time
1st beat
2nd beat
3rd beat
6/8 time
1st beat
2nd beat
3rd beat
4th beat
5th beat
6th beat
Synchro Start ..........................................................................................................................................
SYNC-START/STOP
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The [START/STOP] button starts the selected accompaniment style
immediately.
Press the [AUTO ACCOMP] button so that its indicator lights before
starting the accompaniment. The accompaniment will start with the rhythm
sound only when the [START/STOP] button is pressed, then the bass and
chord parts will begin playing as soon as the first note or chord is played on
the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard.
NOTES
The Beat Indicator
The four BEAT indicator LEDs located above the AUTO ACCOMPANI-
MENT control section flash to indicate the tempo and beat as the accompa-
niment plays. The LEDs flash individually in sequence on each beat of the
BEAT
measure. In 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 time, for example, the beat indicator LEDs
will flash as shown to the left.
NOTES
BEAT
BEAT
Press the [SYNC-START/STOP] button if you want the accompani-
ment to start when you play the first note or chord on the keyboard. In this
case the accompaniment is started by playing in the left-hand section of the
keyboard.
NOTES
If you press the [SYNC-START/STOP] button, the BEAT indicator
LEDs will flash at the current tempo. The synchro start mode can be disen-
gaged by pressing the [SYNC-START/STOP] button again so that its indi-
cator goes out.
• A different accompaniment style can be selected at any time while the
accompaniment is playing. The style number and name on the LCD
display panel will change as soon as the selection is made, but the
new style will begin playback from the top of the next measure. The
only exception is if you change styles while an intro is playing (see
page 30), in which case the new style begin playing after the intro has
finished. The tempo will not change when the new style begins play-
ing.
• Each accompaniment style has a preset "normal" tempo which is au-
tomatically selected whenever the style is selected while the accom-
paniment is stopped. The current tempo is maintained if you select a
different style during accompaniment playback (except when the One
Touch Setting function is used — page 36). You can change the
tempo as required by using the TEMPO function described on page
28.
• If the AUTO ACCOMP mode is OFF, playing anywhere on the key-
board causes the rhythm-only accompaniment to start.
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