Rhythm Section Basic Operation - Kawai ES8 Owner's Manual

Rhythm Section Basic Operation

The ES8's Rhythm Section feature contains 100 built-in accompaniment styles, covering a wide range of musical
genres. Each style can be used simply as a drum or percussion track, or as a full musical accompaniment with bass,
guitar, organ, brass, etc. parts. In addition, each style includes separate introduction, fill-in, variation, and ending
passages, allowing musicians to enliven their performances at the touch of a button.
For a complete listing of the available Rhythm Section styles, please refer to page 140 of this owner's manual.
 R hythm Section pattern types
Pattern type Description
Count-in A short introduction pattern used to count-in the Basic/Variation pattern.
(drums only)
Basic A simple, unobtrusive backing accompaniment pattern.
Variation A more complicated version of the basic pattern, with additional phrases etc.
A short pattern that can be used when repeating phrases or as a bridge between the Basic
Fill-in
and Variation patterns.
Ending A short pattern used to bring the currently playing accompaniment style to an end.
1. Entering the Rhythm Section
Press the RHYTHM SECTION button.
The LED indicator for the RHYTHM SECTION button will turn on
to indicate that the Rhythm Section is in use.
Information about the currently selected style will also be
shown in the LCD display.
Selected style
FnkShuffle1
Chord
name C
Style tempo
The entire keyboard can be used to play the melody, with the ES8 detecting and changing the Rhythm Section chord/key
automatically.
Full keyboard:
Used to control the accompaniment, and play the melody.
36
All Style
part(s)
œ=106
No. of bars
1 or 2
4 or 8
4 or 8
1
1