Selecting And Playing A Style -Auto Accompaniment (Acmp); Playing A Melody With Your Right Hand And Playing Chords With Your Left Hand - Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual

Selecting and Playing a Style
The auto accompaniment (style playback) feature puts a full
backing band at your fingertips. To use it, all you have to do is
play the chords with your left hand as you perform and the
selected accompaniment style matching your music will auto-
matically play along, instantly following the chords you play.
With the auto accompaniment (style playback) function, even
a solo performer can enjoy playing with the backing of an
entire band or orchestra.
The Tyros2 features a variety of accompaniment styles (rhythm
patterns) in a variety of different musical genres. Try out the
different styles on your own—checking the style category
name printed above each STYLE button on the panel, or refer-
ring to the style list in the separate Data List booklet.

Playing a melody with your right hand and playing chords with your left hand

1
Press one of the [STYLE] buttons to call up the Style selection
display.
2
Select a Style.
3
Turn Auto Accompaniment on.
Press the [ACMP] button so that its indicator lights. The specified left-hand section of
the keyboard becomes the Chord section, and chords played in this section are automat-
ically detected and used as a basis for fully automatic accompaniment with the selected
style.
Press the [ACMP] button again to turn Auto Accompaniment off.
4
Turn Sync Start on.
Press the [SYNC START] button to enable synchronized start (standby). (The indicator
lights.) Press the [SYNC START] button again to turn Sync Start off.
—Auto Accompaniment (ACMP)
Split Point ... The default setting is F#2/G2.
Chord section
Quick Guide
Reference on page 152
NOTE
• The style selection display shown
here is called the "Open/Save"
display for the style. The Open/
Save display actually has two dif-
ferent display modes: 1) a direct
selection display (shown at left),
and 2) a numeric input display that
lets you select the style by input-
ting the style number (file number
in the folder). For details, see
page 77.
NOTE
• To select a drive other than PRE-
SET, use the [TAB] buttons.
NOTE
• ACMP is an abbreviation for
ACCOMPANIMENT.
NOTE
• For details about the Split Point,
see pages 80 and 158.
NOTE
• The [START/STOP] button flashes
in sync with the current tempo
(page 154) while Sync Start is on.
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