Preparing To Play: What Is Auto-Accompaniment; What Is Auto-Accompaniment - Korg XE20 Owner's Manual

Preparing to Play: What is Auto-Accompaniment?

What is auto-accompaniment?

Auto-accompaniment is a function that automatically plays an accompaniment to match the chords that you play in the left hand (the
accompaniment part).
1. Playing along with auto-accompaniment
1.
Press the STYLE/[MUSIC STYLE] button.
2.
Select a style by turning the dial.
In this example, we will select "209:Jazz Brush".
3.
Press the button to activate the keyboard split
when the SPLIT button is off.
What is a keyboard split? _Keyboard split is a
function that lets you separate the keyboard into
two different ranges, one for playing chords and
another for playing a melody line.
4.
Turn the dial while holding down the [SHIFT]
button to set the tempo to 100.
5.
Press the start/stop button.
The rhythm will play back.
* If a chord has already been recognized, the accompaniment will match that chord when playing.
If a chord is recognized
6.
Play the chords shown below using your left hand. The accompaniment will match the chords that you play.
C
C
C
7.
To stop playback, press the start/stop button.
If a chord is not recognized
F C
F C G
F C
Preparing to Play: What is Auto-Accompaniment?
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F C
C F
F C
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G C
C G
G C
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