Playing Rhythm And Accompaniment (Styles) - Yamaha PSR-E360 Owner's Manual

Playing Rhythm and Accompaniment (Styles)

This instrument includes the Auto Accompaniment feature that automatically plays appropriate "Styles" (rhythm + bass + chord
accompaniment), controlled simply playing chords with your left hand. You can select from a huge variety of Styles covering a
wide range of musical genres.
1
Press the [STYLE] button.
2
Use the number buttons [0]–[9]
or [+]/[-] buttons to select the
desired Style, referring to the
Style List on page 41.
3
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button
to turn on the Auto Accompani-
ment.
With this operation, the area of the key-
board to the left of the Split Point (054:
F#2) becomes the "Auto Accompani-
ment range" and is used only for speci-
fying the chords.
Split Point ... default setting: 054 (F#2)
036 (C1) 048 (C2) 060 (C3) 072 (C4)
Auto Accompaniment
range
The highest key for the Auto Accompaniment range is referred to as the
"Split Point," which can be changed from the default of F#2 via Function
number 005 (page 32).
Style Number
BritRock
001
Style Name
This icon appears when the
[STYLE] button is pressed.
LoveSong
021
This icon appears
when automatic
accompaniment is on.
084 (C5) 096 (C6)
4
Press the [SYNC START] button
to turn Synchro Start on.
5
Play a chord in the Auto Accom-
paniment range to start play-
back.
Play a melody with the right hand and
chords with the left hand.
For information about chords, refer to
"Chord Types for Style Playback"
(page 27).
6
Press the [START/STOP] button to stop play-
back.
You can add intro, ending and rhythm variations
to Style playback by using "Sections." For details,
refer to page 26.
To play back the rhythm part only
If you press the [START/STOP] button (without pressing the [ACMP ON/OFF] button in
step 3), only the rhythm part can be played back, and you can play a melody perfor-
mance using the entire keyboard range.
NOTE
• Since the PIANIST category Styles (123–130) have no rhythm parts, no sound will be pro-
duced if you start rhythm-only playback. When playing these Styles, make sure to carry out
Steps 3–5 on this page.
LoveSong
021
Flashes when
sync start is on.
Split Point
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