Yamaha PSR-420 Owner's Manual - Page 33

Selecting a Harmony Type - keyboard parts

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Using Auto Accompaniment Selecting a Harmony Type 1 Select the HARMONY Function To select a harmony type, first select the HARMONY function (either use the [FUNCTION] buttons or press and hold the [HARMONY] button until the indicator in the display appears next to "HARMONY" in the function list to the left of the display). FUNCTION VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARMONY OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 003 Block 2 Select a HARMONY Type ...Use the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons or the number buttons to select one of the five available harmony types (listed below). 1: uet 2: rio 3: loc 4: Country 5: Octa e One harmony note is added to notes you play on the keyboard, creating a two-part harmony. Two harmony notes are added to notes you play on the keyboard, creating three-part harmony. Three harmony notes are added to notes you play on the keyboard, creating the effect of playing block chords. One harmony note is added to notes you play on the keyboard, using intervals that produce a country feel. One note is added, one octave below notes you play on the keyboard. • Harmony can not be turned on when a keyboard percussion kit is selected. • Harmony applies only to the main voice when the Dual Voice function is engaged. • Harmony can not be used when the Auto Accompaniment Chord Cancel function (page 23) is in use. • Harmony does not apply in the NORMAL mode. • Harmony can be used in the SPLIT mode as well as in the SINGLE and FINGERED modes. • If the Voice Set function is on (page 54), the harmony type will change automatically whenever a different voice is selected via the VOICE function. • 3: Block can be selected by simultaneously pressing the [-/ NO] and [+/YES] buttons. • The Harmony function can not be turned on when the FINGERED FULL mode (page 23) is in use and will automatically be turned off when the FINGERED FULL mode is selected. 3 Exit ...Press the [VOICE] button or select a different function to exit from the HARMONY function. 32

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Using Auto Accompaniment
Selecting a Harmony Type
1
Select the HARMONY Function
.....................................................................................
To select a harmony type, first select the HARMONY function (either
use the
[FUNCTION]
buttons or press and hold the
[HARMONY]
button
until the indicator in the display appears next to “HARMONY” in the func-
tion list to the left of the display).
Harmony can not be turned on
when a keyboard percussion kit
is selected.
Harmony applies only to the main
voice when the Dual Voice func-
tion is engaged.
Harmony can not be used when
the Auto Accompaniment Chord
Cancel function (page 23) is in
use.
Harmony does not apply in the
NORMAL mode.
Harmony can be used in the
SPLIT mode as well as in the
SINGLE and FINGERED modes.
If the Voice Set function is on
(page 54), the harmony type will
change automatically whenever a
different voice is selected via the
VOICE function.
3: Block can be selected by
simultaneously pressing the [–/
NO] and [+/YES] buttons.
The Harmony function can not be
turned on when the FINGERED
FULL mode (page 23) is in use
and will automatically be turned
off when the FINGERED FULL
mode is selected.
REGIST MEMORY
MULTI PAD
DIGITAL EFFECT
FUNCTION
Block
00
3
VOICE
STYLE
SONG
DUAL VOICE
SPLIT VOICE
HARMONY
OVERALL
2
Select a HARMONY Type
.............................................................................................................
Use the
[–/NO]
and
[+/YES]
buttons or the number buttons to select one
of the five available harmony types (listed below).
1:
uet
One harmony note is added to notes you play on the key-
board, creating a two-part harmony.
2:
rio
Two harmony notes are added to notes you play on the
keyboard, creating three-part harmony.
3:
loc
Three harmony notes are added to notes you play on the
keyboard, creating the effect of playing block chords.
4:
Country
One harmony note is added to notes you play on the key-
board, using intervals that produce a country feel.
5:
Octa e
One note is added, one octave below notes you play on
the keyboard.
3
Exit
.........................................................................................................................................................................................
Press the
[VOICE]
button or select a different function to exit from the
HARMONY function.