Voice Effects; Applying Harmony To Your Right-Hand Melody - Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual

Voice Effects

● HARMONY/ECHO ....... See below.
● INITIAL TOUCH .......... This button turns the touch response of the keyboard on or off. When OFF, the same volume is produced no
● SUSTAIN ..................... When this feature is ON, all notes played on the keyboard with the UPPER part (RIGHT 1, 2, 3) have a longer
● MONO.......................... This determines whether the Part's Voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time) or polyphonically.
● DSP ............................. This button turns DSP effects on or off independently for the RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 , RIGHT 3 and LEFT parts.
● DSP VARIATION......... This button can be used to switch between variations of the DSP effect. For example, this lets you change the

Applying Harmony to Your Right-hand Melody

Among the Voice Effects, Harmony is one of the most impressive. It automatically adds harmony parts to the notes you play with
your right hand—immediately giving you a more full and professional sound.
1
Turn the [Harmony/Echo] button on.
2
Turn on both the [ACMP] button and [SYNC START] button (page 31) and make
sure that the RIGHT 1 part is on (page 25).
3
Play a chord with your left hand to start the style (page 32) and play some
notes in the right-hand range of the keyboard.
You can also use the Harmony effect with the style stopped (with the Stop Accompaniment function;
page 33). Simply hold down a chord with your left hand and play a melody with your right.
Try out Harmony/Echo with some of the voices below...
Many of the voices have been automatically set to play certain Harmony/Echo types that match the partic-
ular voice. Try out some of the voices below—playing chords with your left hand and melodies with your
right—and listen to the various Harmony and Echo effects.
Category Voice
Piano Live! Grand
Accordion TuttiAccordion
Live! Strings
Strings ChamberStrings
Harp
Reference on pages 87, 191
matter how strongly or softly you play the keyboard.
sustain.
rotating speed (slow/fast) of the rotary speaker effect.
Split Point
Chord section
Harmony/Echo type
Standard Trio
Country Trio
Block
4-way Open
Strum
The Tyros2 features a sophisticated multi-processor
effect system which can add extraordinary depth
and expression to your sound. This effect system
can be turned on or off by using the following but-
tons.
These three effect systems are applied
to the currently selected keyboard part
(RIGHT 1, 2, 3, or LEFT).
In this example, harmony notes in the scale of
C major (the chord played in the left hand) are
automatically added to the notes played in the
right-hand range of the keyboard.
Category Voice
CrunchGuitar
Guitar
PedalSteel
Saxophone Moonlight
Vibraphone
Percussion
Timpani
Quick Guide
Harmony/Echo type
RockDuet
Country Duet
Full Chord
Trill
Tremolo
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