Rhythm And Accompaniment 5; Selecting Rhythms From The Panel - Yamaha Electone EL-900 Owner's Manual

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Rhythm and Accompaniment
The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play
various rhythms. Automatic Accompaniment functions are used with the rhythms, providing appropriate
and completely automatic accompaniment to match the style of the selected rhythm. Moreover, the Electone
has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you to play drum and percussion sounds from the Lower
keyboard and Pedalboard.

1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel

Ten different rhythm categories in various styles can be instantly selected
from the front panel. The Electone has many more ﾒhiddenﾓ rhythms,
however. A total of 66 rhythms are available, and can be selected by
using the display.
1) To select and play a rhythm:
1
Choose a rhythm by pressing one of the Rhythm buttons in the Rhythm
section on the panel.
SEQ.
1
SEQ.
3
From this display, you can also select other rhythms. These additional
patterns are generally variations on the basic rhythm categories.
2
Press the Data Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish
to play, as you do with the voices. The selected rhythm will be shown
at the upper row of LCD.
RHYTHM
SEQ. MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE
2
USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4
SEQ. TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT
4
USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8
VOLUME
MAX
SLOW
1
ROCK
A B
16 BEAT
2
C D
MIN
5
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