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Using Auto Accompaniment The PSR-620 has 100 different accompaniment "styles" that can be used to provide fully-orchestrated accompaniment. The PSR-620's sophisticated Auto Accompaniment system can provide automated bass and chord backing that is perfectly matched to the selected accompaniment style. • The maximum number of notes that can be played simultaneously on the PSR-620 keyboard is reduced when the Accompaniment is used. About the PSR-620 Styles and the Yamaha Style File Format The Style File Format is Yamaha's original auto-accompaniment format which has evolved through years of development and refinement. Style File Format allows you to use exceptionally high quality accompaniments with a variety of chord types through its unique conversion system. Style File Format styles, based on GM system level 1, can be played with the GM compatible tone generator. In addition to the internal styles, the optional style disks and music cartridges let you use different shophisticated styles created with the Style File Format. The internal PSR-620 styles conform to the Style File Format. The built-in floppy disk drive also provides full Style File Format compatibility by allowing playback of Style File Format Disk Styles. VOICE STYLE SONG REGIST MEMORY MULTI PAD DUAL VOICE SPLIT VOICE HARM/ ECHO OVERALL DIGITAL EFFECT 801 8BeatPop BEAT REGIST OTS 118 10 a01 TEMPO TRANSPOSE MEASURE REPEAT CHORD RHYTHM 1 ON / OFF BASS CHORD 1 PAD PHRASE ACCOMP MELODY MELODY 1 1 2 MINUS ONE REC REC REC REVERB VOICE 1 134126152105 101101 CHORUS VOL DSP TOUCH DUAL HARMONY SUSTAIN ACCOMP TRACK SONG TRACK NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED LOAD SAVE DELETE FORMAT 1 Select the SINGLE or FINGERED Accompaniment Mode ...Press the [MODE] button to the right of the display as many times as necessary until the arrow in the display appears next to "SINGLE" or "FINGERED" in the mode list to the right of the display. If you select the "SINGLE" mode, accompaniment chords are played as follows: NORMAL SPLIT SINGLE FINGERED LOAD SAVE DELETE FORMAT MODE 30

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Using Auto Accompaniment
The PSR-620 has 100 different accompaniment “styles” that can be used
to provide fully-orchestrated accompaniment. The PSR-620’s sophisti-
cated Auto Accompaniment system can provide automated bass and
chord backing that is perfectly matched to the selected accompaniment
style.
The maximum number of notes that can be played simultaneously on the PSR-620 keyboard is
reduced when the Accompaniment is used.
1
Select the SINGLE or FINGERED
Accompaniment Mode
.....................................................................................................................
Press the
[MODE]
button to the right of the display as many times as
necessary until the arrow in the display appears next to “SINGLE” or “FIN-
GERED” in the mode list to the right of the display. If you select the “SIN-
GLE” mode, accompaniment chords are played as follows:
NORMAL
SPLIT
SINGLE
FINGERED
LOAD
SAVE
DELETE
FORMAT
MODE
About the PSR-620 Styles and the Yamaha Style File Format
The Style File Format is Yamaha’s original auto-accompaniment format which has
evolved through years of development and refinement. Style File Format allows you
to use exceptionally high quality accompaniments with a variety of chord types
through its unique conversion system. Style File Format styles, based on GM sys-
tem level 1, can be played with the GM compatible tone generator. In addition to the
internal styles, the optional style disks and music cartridges let you use different
shophisticated styles created with the Style File Format.
The internal PSR-620 styles conform to the Style File Format. The built-in floppy
disk drive also provides full Style File Format compatibility by allowing playback of
Style File Format Disk Styles.
ACCOMP TRACK
SONG TRACK
8BeatPop
TEMPO
TRANSPOSE
MEASURE
REPEAT
CHORD
BEAT
TOUCH
MINUS ONE
REVERB
DUAL
CHORUS
HARMONY
DSP
SUSTAIN
RHYTHM
BASS
CHORD
PAD
PHRASE ACCOMP
MELODY
2
MELODY
1
1
1
1
ON /
OFF
VOICE
VOL
REGIST
REC
REC
REC
OTS
8
01
1
34
1
26
1
52
1
05
1
01
1
01
1
118
1
0
a
01
VOICE
STYLE
SONG
REGIST MEMORY
MULTI PAD
DUAL VOICE
SPLIT VOICE
HARM
/
ECHO
OVERALL
DIGITAL EFFECT
NORMAL
SPLIT
SINGLE
FINGERED
LOAD
SAVE
DELETE
FORMAT