Basic Concepts; Chord Conversion Table; Instrument Category - Yamaha QY700 Owner's Manual

BASIC CONCEPTS

3. Phrases

Instrument category

• "Phrases" are musical accompaniment phrases for a single
instrument, such as a rhythm pattern for the rhythm part, a
bass line for the bass part, or a chord backing for the guitar
part. Phrases are the smallest unit that makes up the accom-
paniment of a song.
• The QY700 provides 3,876 Preset Phrases, and 99 User
Phrases for each Style.
• Preset phrases and user phrases are categorized by three
parameters: "instrument category," "beat" and "number."
This lets you efficiently find desired phrases without hav-
ing to be familiar with each individual phrase.
Instrument category
• Instrument category refers to the type of instrument or play-
ing technique. There are the following 15 instrument cat-
egories. "US" indicates a "User Phrase," and all others are
preset phrases.
Display
Da Drum-a
Db Drum-b(General)
Fa Drum Fill-a(Pop & Rock) Drum fill-in phrases
Fb Drum Fill-b(Specific)
Fc Drum Fill-c(General)
DP Durm Parts
PC Percussion
PF Percussion Fill
Ba Bass-a
Bb Bass-b(General)
GC Guitar Chord
GA Guitar Arpeggio
GR Guitar Riff
KC Keyboard Chord
KA Kbd Arpeggio
KR Keyboard Riff
PD Pad
BR Brass
SE Sound Effect
US User
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Beat Number Phrase name
Category
Drum phrases
Drum phrases
Drum fill-in phrases
Drum fill-in phrases
Drum phrases separated by instrument
Percussion phrases
Percussion fill-in phrases
Bass phrases
Bass phrases
Guitar chord backing phrases
Guitar arpeggio phrases
Guitar riff phrases
Keyboard chord backing phrases
Keyboard arpeggio phrases
Keyboard riff phrases
Pad-type phrases
Brass phrases
Sound effect phrases
User phrases
Beat
• Beat categorizes phrases by their basic rhythm, into the fol-
lowing three types.
Display
16
08
34
Number
• Number specifies phrases within Instrument Category and
Beat by a number 001 – 256. (User phrases are numbered
001 – 099.)
4. How chord conversion works

Chord conversion table

• The QY700's "chord conversion table" allows phrases to
be developed and played according to the Chord Root and
Chord Type that you specify.
• The chord conversion table provides pitch data correspond-
ing to 12 chord roots and 28 chord types. The data played
back by a phrase passes through the chord conversion table
and is converted to the pitches that correspond to the chord
root and chord type. In this way, the phrase is developed
into the specified chord.
Chord root
• The Source Chord indicates the chord with which the phrase
was originally recorded. The source chord plays an impor-
Chord type
tant role in the chord conversion of phrases. This is because
the original chords must be known in order for the chords
of a phrase to be converted into the specified chords.
• In other words, chord conversion is performed by reading
relative pitch differences between the source chord and the
specified chord from the chord conversion table.
• You can specify the Phrase Type of each phrase so that chord
conversion will be performed in a manner appropriate for
the instrument. There are seven phrase types: melody 1 and
2, chord 1 and 2, bass, bypass, and parallel. The chord con-
version table is switched according to the phrase type.
• The Phrase Type and Source Chord can be set for each phrase
in the phrase table (
Chapter 1
Type
16 beat : 16-beat phrases
8 beat : 8-beat phrases
3/4 beat : 3/4 time or 6/8 time phrases
p.209).