Yamaha PSR-1700 Owner's Manual - Page 81

# Name Rock & Roll 43 Rock & Roll 44 Boogie Woogie Rhythm 12-Beat 12-Beat 45 Twist 46 Rockabilly 47 16-beat Rock & Roll Traditional Jazz 48 Ragtime 49 Dixieland 50 Big Band 8-Beat 12-Beat 16-Beat 8-Beat 12-Beat 12-Beat 51 Big Band Ballad 52 Swing 53 Swing Waltz Contemporary Jazz 54 BeBop 55 Jazz Ballad 12-Beat 12-Beat Nine-Eight 12-Beat 12-Beat 56 Jazz Waltz 57 Fusion 58 Fusion Shuffle Latin 59 Mambo 60 Merengue 61 Beguine 62 Bomba 63 Guaguanco Nine-Eight 16-Beat 24-Beat 8-Beat 8-Beat 8-Beat 16-Beat 16-Beat Latin Pop 64 Pop Bossa 65 Bossa Nova Slow 8-Beat 8-Beat 66 Jazz Samba 67 Modern Cha Cha 68 Latin Rock Caribbean 69 Ska 70 Calypso 71 Reggae 16 72 Reggae 12 Country & Western 73 Bluegrass 16-Beat 16-Beat 16-Beat 8-Beat 16-Beat 16-Beat 12-Beat 16-Beat 74 Country Pop 75 Country Rock 8-Beat 8-Beat 76 Country Ballad 8-Beat 77 Country Waltz Nine-Eight 78 Country Shuffle 12-Beat 79 Western Shuffle 12-Beat Comments Old-time '60s Rock&Roll. Late '50s piano-based rock 'n' roll, with boogie woogie bass. Brass in PHRASE 1 & 2, PAD. piano bass in Straight-eight boogie, with a "Twist." Simple, updated version of the Memphis "Sun" sound. Hard rock & roll - bringing the "Bo Beat" into the '90s. Bring in more complex guitar, brass comping by playing more complex chords. Turn-of-the-century piano style. Piano fills at PHRASE 1, piano bass at PHRASE 2. Old-time New Orleans jazz. Trumpet at PHRASE 1, Trombone at PHRASE 2, and Clarinets at PAD. Big Band orchestra style and instrumentation. Piano at CHORD 1, guitar at CHORD 2, trumpets at PHRASE 1, trombones at PHRASE 2, and saxes at PAD. Slowly swaying Big Band sound. Use in medley with Jazz Ballad to switch to piano/guitar quartet. European big-band swing style. Good for all mid-tempo swing tunes. Mid-tempo 9/8 waltz. '40s New York fast Bepop style. Good also for instantly adding a double-time feel to any style! Slow jazz style with piano, guitar, bass and brush drums. Turn off PHRASE 1 & 2 when playing piano melody. Use in medley with Big Band Ballad to change orchestration. Swing style in 3/4 time for playing jazz waltz standards. Latin flavored 16-beat fusion. West Coast type funk shuffle. Contemporary Latin dance music. If playing the melody with a piano sound, turn off CHORD 2. High-energy Latin style with lots of percussion and punchy brass. Slow rumba rhythm, a la "Begin the Beguine." Puerto Rican dance rhythm, cousin to the Merengue. Another high-powered Latin dance style, usually played with drums/percussion only. Use RHYTHM 1 & 2, PHRASE 1 & 2 to bring individual percussion in and out. Soft, electric-piano based Latin pop sound. Mellow and jazzy Bossa Nova style, good for mid to slow tempos. There are two separate types for Intro B/Ending B: major and minor. Traditional Brazilian samba with an added drum set. Afro-Cuban dance style for medium slow tempos. Contemporary Cha Cha with electric bass and drum kit. Ska rhythm. Minor keys add doubled "skank." Traditional Jamaican Calypso music from the '60s. Modern Jamaican Reggae rhythm with fat synth bass. Reggae shuffle. Try this one with just CHORD 1 and RHYTHM 1 at first, then build up the arrangement by adding different instruments. Contemporary country style. Soft country style with pedal steel sound. Guitar voicings are most authentic for simple chords, like major, minor, 7th, etc. Especially suited to slow tempos. Also, try playing with CHORD 1 only. Simple, versatile country style with acoustic guitar. Guitar voicings are most authentic for simple chords, like major, minor, 7th, etc. Traditional country style using acoustic guitar. Guitar voicings are most authentic for simple chords, like major, minor, 7th, etc. Down-home Country and Western shuffle, with a modern touch. 79