Korg PA1000 User Manual page 66

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Playing and singing

What is a Style?

Styles are collections of musical patterns in a particular music genre – or

'musical style' – offering an eight-parts automatic accompaniment, sim-

ilar to an eight-member band playing with you. Chords you play on the

keyboard will be recognized and will adapt the patterns to suit the music.

Different sections can be selected to let you create a complete song in

Accompaniment parts

Accompaniment parts are like the members of a band. With Pa1000 you

get five pitched instrument players (for example: guitar, piano, strings,

synthesizers), a bass player, a percussion player, and a drum player.

Chords and patterns

Accompaniment patterns are repeating musical sequences (like a bass

groove, a guitar riff or a piano chord progression) that are dynamically

adapted to match the recognized chords. They may vary depending on the

type of chord (like C Major, C minor, or 7th).

Songs are made of different sections (Intro, Verse 1, Bridge, Chorus 1 and

so on). There are different patterns for each song section, and they are

collected under the Style Element buttons (INTRO, VARIATION, AUTO FILL,

BREAK, ENDING). While the name of the Intro, Fill, Break and Ending are

the same as the name of the corresponding song section, Variations can

be used either for Verse, Bridge, Chorus or Special sections. The arrange-

ment becomes denser the higher the element numbers go.

Pa1000 can automatically play a matching fill before each Variation. When

one a Fill is automatically selected.

indicator is on, when going from a Variation to a different