Changing How You Specify The Chords; Performing With An Ensemble - Korg SP-500 Owner's Manual

Changing how you specify the
chords
There are several different ways to use the key-
board to specify chords, as appropriate for your
preferences and abilities.
1
Press the [ACC] switch
The [ACC] switch indicator will light,
and the "Accompaniment" page will
appear.
2
Select how you will specify the
chord
Press one of the radio buttons in the
screen to select the method you will use
to input chords.
"Onefinger": This method makes it easy to
input chords even if you do not know how the
chord is fingered. In the keyboard range to the
left of the Split Point, simply press the root of
the chord to specify the corresponding major
chord. Pressing the root together with the
white key to the left of it will specify a seventh
chord. Pressing the root together with the
black key to the left of it will specify a minor
chord. Pressing both will specify a minor sev-
enth chord.
"Fingered1": This method is easy to under-
stand if you know how the chord is fingered.
You can press a note in the keyboard range to
the left of the Split Point to input chords using
the conventional fingering. However if only
the root is pressed, a major chord will be
input. To input an inverted chord, turn on
"Bass Inv.."
"Fingered2": This is the same as "Fingered 1,"
but a chord will not be input unless you press
three or more notes.
"FullKeyboard": This is the same as "Fin-
gered 2," but chords can be specified from the
entire keyboard, regardless of the split point.
Changing the split point
Except when the "FullKeyboard" chord
input method is selected, the keyboard
area consisting of the displayed "Split
Point" and the keys to the left of it will be
used to input chords. "C4" is the middle
C key of the keyboard.
In the "Accompaniment" page, select the
"Split Point" cell, and use the dial or the
[VALUE] switches to change the setting.
Alternatively, you can hold down the
[SPLIT] switch and press a note on the
keyboard to set the split point.
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Muting the notes you use to specify chords
If you press the [ACC] screen, the notes
you use to specify a chord will automati-
cally be muted. You may wish to do this
so that these notes do not interfere with
the accompaniment. If you want to mute
the other notes, press the [MIXER] switch,
and then press the "KeyL" check box to
turn it on (muted).
To defeat muting of the keys used to specify
chords
• Press the [MIXER] switch, and press the
"KeyL" check box to turn it off.
• Press the [PLAY PIANO] switch.
If the [SPLIT] switch is lit, the left side of the
keyboard cannot be muted.
When the "Bass Inv." check box is turned on
If this check box is turned on, the lowest
note of the keys you press to specify a
chord will be taken as the bass note, and
will be detected separately from the
developed form of the chord.
This allows you to specify chords in
which the bass note is independent, such
as Am7/G or F/C.

Performing with an ensemble

This function automatically adds harmony to the
notes that you play in the keyboard area to the
right of the split point (Upp 1).
This function is not available if chord detection
is set to "FullKeyboard."
1
Press the [ENSEMBLE] switch
When you press the [ENSEMBLE] switch,
the switch indicator will light.
The "Ensemble" page will appear.
Duet: The melody will become two voices.
Close: Two notes will normally be added close
below the melody to create three voices
(sometimes three notes will be added to create
four voices).