Other interesting voices you may want to try for this march
are numbers 28 (TREMOLO ORGAN), 11 (CELLO) and
95 (HUMAN VOICE 2). In any case, you will notice that
the selection of a suitable voice and style is very important
to bring out the atmosphere of a piece.
Note:
Basically, all of the steps explained for the Rhythm Section
further above — concerning style selection, RHYTHM
CONTROL, Hand Percussion etc. — can also be used to
operate the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT features intro-
duced here.
B) Single finger Auto Accompaniment
Using the same simple key combinations as explained above
— for major, minor, seventh and minor seventh chords —
you can have the PortaSound play complex accompaniment
combinations complete with bass and orchestra. All you have
to do is start the selected rhythm in either of the following
ways, making sure that SINGLE FINGER MODE is selected:
Starting the Accompaniment
a) Press SYNCHRO START/ENDING.
The BEAT indicators will flash in the selected tempo,
and you can now start the entire single finger chord
accompaniment at once by playing any key(s) in the
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION.
Start the rhythm with START/STOP or an INTRO/FILL
b)
IN pad.
Any key now pressed in the AUTO ACCOMPANI-
MENT SECTION starts the other accompaniment parts
— bass, chords and orchestra.
You can begin playing any time you want, either after
a few beats or measures of percussion sounds, or right
from the start (except during an intro), depending on
the musical effect you want.
Points to Remember
•
Auto accompaniment will continue automatically even
if you lift your fingers off the keyboard. The key and
the pattern of the arrangement (bass line, chord
structure, orchestra part) is determined by the keys
played in the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION.
Just as you changed chords with the Single Finger
Chord function, you can now alter the entire accom-
paniment by playing different keys or or key combi-
nations. Further variations can be added by pressing
the INTRO/FILL IN or ENDING buttons as explained
under RHYTHM CONTROL (p.13).
•
Since the accompaniment arrangements are based on
the respective rhythm pattern, their length (number
of beats/measures) depends on the style.