Using The Auto Accompaniment Features With Midi Song Playback - Yamaha PSR-A5000 Reference Manual

Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with MIDI Song Playback

When playing back a MIDI Song and a Style at the same time, channels 9-16 in the Song data are replaced with Style
channels—allowing you to play the accompaniment parts of the Song yourself. Try playing chords along with the
Song playback as shown in the instructions below.
1
Select a Style.
2
Select a MIDI Song.
3
In the Song Player mode of the Song Playback display, touch
enable synchronized start of the Song.
4
Press the [ACMP] button to turn on the auto accompaniment function, and then press
the STYLE CONTROL [SYNC START] button to enable synchronized start of the accom-
paniment.
5
Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button or play
chords in the chord section.
The Song and Style starts playing. When you play chords, turning on "Chord" on
the Score display
When Song playback is stopped, Style playback is also stopped at the same time.
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PSR-A5000 Reference Manual
(page 59) allows you to see the chord information.
(Synchro Start) to
NOTE
When playing back a Song and a Style
at the same time, the tempo value set in
the Song is automatically used.
NOTE
The Style Retrigger function (page 113)
cannot be used during Song playback.