Calling Up Optimum Styles For Your Performance (Style Recommender) - Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-660 Owner's Manual

Calling up Optimum Styles for
Your Performance
(Style Recommender)
This convenient function "recommends" optimum
Styles for your performance, based on the rhythm you
play for one or two measures.
1
Hold down the [STYLE] button for longer
than a second to call up the STYLE REC-
OMMENDER display.
The keyboard is divided by the B0 key into two
sections (Drum and Piano) as shown below.
B0
The Drum instruments (Kick, Snare and Hi-Hat)
are assigned to the left-side section while the
Piano sound is assigned to the right.
2
Search for the desired Style.
2-1 Press the [START/STOP] button to start
the metronome.
A "WAITING" indication appears in the dis-
play. As necessary, use the [+]/[-] buttons to
select the beat, and use the [TEMPO/TAP]
button to adjust the tempo (page 63).
2-2 While "WAITING" is shown, play the
rhythm you have in mind on the Drum or
Piano section for one or two measures
along with the metronome.
Below are two possible examples.
Example 1: Play the following rhythm in
the Piano section of the keyboard.
Bossa Nova Styles or those of a similar feel
may be listed on the display.
Hold for longer
than a second.
3
4
5
Example 2: Play the following rhythm in
the special Drum section of the key-
board.
Snare
Kick
8-beat Styles or those of a similar feel may be
listed on the display.
The timing at which you play the keys is ana-
lyzed over several seconds, then playback of
the most recommended Style starts. In addi-
tion, the candidates of the other recom-
mended Styles are listed in the display.
NOTE
• Only the note-on timing is analyzed. Tempo, pitches and
note length are ignored.
• The recommended Style plays back according to the last
chord played in the PIANO section. The PIANO section
detects chords using the Fingering Chord type "FullKey-
board" (page 64).
Listen to the highest recommended
Style, while playing chords in the PIANO
section (as shown in step 1).
You can try out other Styles listed on the display
by using the dial. If you cannot find the desired
Style in the list, press the [STYLE] button, then
return to step 2-2.
When you've found a Style you're satis-
fied with, press the [EXIT] button to exit
from the Style Recommender display.
Play the keyboard along with the Style
you just found.
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