Yamaha PortaTone PSR-4000 Owner's Manual page 28

Using the Accompaniment Section
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Play On the ABC Section Of the Keyboard
As soon as you play any chord that the PSR-4000
can "recognize" on the ABC section of the keyboard
in one of the FINGERED modes or the AUTO MIDI
BASS (see fingering chart on page 134), an abbre-
viated chord in the SINGLE FINGER mode, or just
about anything anywhere on the keyboard in the
FULL KEYBOARD mode, the PSR-4000 will auto-
matically begin to play the chord along with the
selected rhythm and an appropriate bass line. The
accompaniment will continue playing even if you
release the left-hand keys.
If the MANUAL MIDI BASS mode is selected
only the rhythm accompaniment will play automati-
cally, and selected bass voice can be played via a
MIDI bass keyboard.
NOTES
• The appropriate chord and bass note will sound if you play
in the ABC section of the keyboard while the ABC function
is on but the accompaniment is stopped (but not in the
FULL KEYBOARD and MANUAL MIDI BASS modes).
Please note that the Left Hold function (page 35) cannot
be applied to these chord and bass notes.
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Select Sections as Required
Each accompaniment style has two sections:
MAIN A and MAIN B. There is also an ENDING
section which is described in step >. The INTRO A
and B sections can be used to start the accompani-
ment as described in the preceding step. The MAIN
A and B sections can be selected manually by
pressing the corresponding section button.
NOTES
• Some INTRO and ENDING sections have their own chord
progressions which play in the current accompaniment
key — the current chord is shown below the style name in
the LCD display.
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ABC Section
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FADE
IN / OUT
Split Point
C
3
Melody Section
INTRO/
FILL to MAIN
A B A B
ACCOMPANIMENT DIRECTOR
ENDING/ SYNCHRO
rit. START START/STOP