Playing Styles; Using The Music Database - Yamaha PSR-EW400 Owner's Manual

Playing Styles

This instrument includes an Auto Accompaniment feature that plays appropriate
"Styles" (rhythm + bass + chord accompaniment). You can select from a huge variety
of Styles covering a wide range of musical genres.
1
Press the [STYLE] button, then use the
dial to select the desired Style.
For the Style List, refer to the separate Data List.
Style Number
2
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button to turn
on the Auto Accompaniment (ACMP).
With this operation, the area of the keyboard to
the left of the Split Point becomes the "Auto
Accompaniment area" and is used only for speci-
fying the chords. The rhythm part as well as the
bass and chord accompaniment play back when
you play chords.
Split Point ... default value: 054 (F#2)
060
036 048
(C3)
(C1) (C2)
Auto Accompaniment
area
The Split Point can be changed as desired (page
53).
3
Press the [SYNC START] button to turn
Synchro Start on.
This puts the Style playback in "standby" and
Style starts playing back when you play the key-
board.
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Style Name
BritRock
001
Appears when Style
mode is active.
Appears when the Auto
Accompaniment is on.
072 084 096
(C4) (C5) (C6)
EuTrance
057
Flashes when
sync start is on.
4
Play a chord in the Auto Accompani-
ment area to start playback.
Play a melody with the right hand and chords with
the left hand.
Split Point
NOTE
• For information about how to play chords, refer to pages
54 and 55.
5
Press the [START/STOP] button to stop
playback.
You can easily add variations to your perfor-
mance by changing the section of the Style. For
details, refer to page 50.

Using the Music Database

With this function, you can easily call up suitable
panel settings such as Voice and Style simply by
selecting your desired music genre.
1
Press the [MUSIC DATABASE] button.
Both the ACMP and Synchro Start are automati-
cally turned on.
Music Database
number
2
Rotate the dial to select the desired
Music Database.
This operation calls up panel settings, such as for
Voice and Style, that are registered to the
selected Music Database. For the Music Data-
base List, refer to the separate Data List.
3
Play the keyboard as described in steps
4–5 of the previous section.
Music Database name
Jude Hey
001
Appears when Music
Database is in use.