Yamaha PSR-1700 Owner's Manual - Page 31

s Accompaniment Control The PSR-1700 and PSR-2700 provide a range of accompaniment "sections" - introduction, fill-ins, break, variations on the main pattern, ending - that you can select to control the "flow" of the accompaniment to achieve the desired musical results. Accompaniment start/stop and sections are controlled by the ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL buttons. q Straight Start ... STYLE SELECT AUTO ACCOMP The [START/STOP] button starts the selected accompaniment style immediately. Press the [AUTO ACCOMP] button so that its indicator lights before starting the accompaniment. The accompaniment will start with the rhythm sound only when the [START/STOP] button is pressed, then the bass and chord parts will begin playing as soon as the first note or chord is played on the Auto Accompaniment section of the keyboard. START/STOP 4/4 time 1st beat 2nd beat 3rd beat 4th beat BEAT 3/4 time 1st beat 2nd beat 3rd beat BEAT 6/8 time 1st beat 2nd beat 3rd beat 4th beat 5th beat 6th beat BEAT NOTES • A different accompaniment style can be selected at any time while the accompaniment is playing. The style number and name on the LCD display panel will change as soon as the selection is made, but the new style will begin playback from the top of the next measure. The only exception is if you change styles while an intro is playing (see page 30), in which case the new style begin playing after the intro has finished. The tempo will not change when the new style begins playing. The Beat Indicator The four BEAT indicator LEDs located above the AUTO ACCOMPANI- MENT control section flash to indicate the tempo and beat as the accompaniment plays. The LEDs flash individually in sequence on each beat of the measure. In 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 time, for example, the beat indicator LEDs will flash as shown to the left. NOTES • Each accompaniment style has a preset "normal" tempo which is automatically selected whenever the style is selected while the accompaniment is stopped. The current tempo is maintained if you select a different style during accompaniment playback (except when the One Touch Setting function is used - page 36). You can change the tempo as required by using the TEMPO function described on page 28. q Synchro Start ... SYNC-START/STOP Press the [SYNC-START/STOP] button if you want the accompaniment to start when you play the first note or chord on the keyboard. In this case the accompaniment is started by playing in the left-hand section of the keyboard. NOTES • If the AUTO ACCOMP mode is OFF, playing anywhere on the keyboard causes the rhythm-only accompaniment to start. If you press the [SYNC-START/STOP] button, the BEAT indicator LEDs will flash at the current tempo. The synchro start mode can be disengaged by pressing the [SYNC-START/STOP] button again so that its indicator goes out. 29