Yamaha DGX-640 Owner's Manual - Page 25

Play Along with a Style, Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired, style. - keyboards

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Playing Styles Play Along with a Style You learned how to select a style rhythm on the preceding page. Here we'll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rhythm to produce a full, rich accompaniment that you can play along with. 1 Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired style. For this example select the "153 PianoBoogie" style. 2 Turn automatic accompaniment on. Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button. Pressing this button a second time will turn automatic accompaniment off. Quick Guide This icon appears when automatic accompaniment is on. When automatic accompaniment is on ... The area of the keyboard to the left of the split point (54: F#2) becomes the "auto accompaniment range" and is used only for specifying the accompani- ment chords. Split point (54: F#2) Auto accompaniment range 3 Turn sync start on. Press the [SYNC START] button to turn the sync start function on. Flashes when sync start is on. When sync start is on, the bass and chord accompaniment included in a style will start playing as soon as you play a note to left of the keyboard split point. Press the button a second time to turn the sync start function off. Owner's Manual 25

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Quick Guide
Playing Styles
Owner’s Manual
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You learned how to select a style rhythm on the preceding page. Here we’ll see how to add bass and
chord accompaniment to the basic rhythm to produce a full, rich accompaniment that you can play
along with.
1
Press the [STYLE] button and select the desired
style.
For this example select the “153 PianoBoogie” style.
2
Turn automatic accompaniment on.
Press the [ACMP ON/OFF] button. Pressing this button a second time
will turn automatic accompaniment off.
3
Turn sync start on.
Press the [SYNC START] button to turn the sync start function on.
When sync start is on, the bass and chord accompaniment included in
a style will start playing as soon as you play a note to left of the key-
board split point. Press the button a second time to turn the sync start
function off.
Play Along with a Style
When automatic accompaniment is on ...
The area of the keyboard to the left of the split point (54: F
#
2) becomes the
“auto accompaniment range” and is used only for specifying the accompani-
ment chords.
This icon appears when automatic
accompaniment is on.
Auto accompaniment range
Split point (54: F
#
2)
Flashes when
sync start is on.