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Adding Harmony, Applying Effects to the Sound, GrandPno, HarmType

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Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices Adding Harmony You can add harmony notes to the Main Voice. 1 Press the [HARMONY] button to turn Harmony on. If you don't want to have a Harmony effect or harmony notes, press the [HARMONY] button again to turn Harmony off. How to sound each Harmony Type • Harmony type 01 to 05 Press the right-hand keys while playing chords in the auto accompaniment range of the keyboard when the Auto Accompaniment is on (page 17). • Harmony type 06 to 12 (Trill) 001 GrandPno This icon appears when the [HARMONY] button is pressed. Although turning on the Harmony will select a Harmony Type suitable for the current Main Voice, you can select a different Harmony Type. 2 Hold down the [HARMONY] button for longer than a second until "HarmType" (Functions 026; page 34) appears on the display. After "HarmType" is shown for a few seconds, the current Harmony Type appears. HarmType Hold for longer than a second. 02 Trio Current Harmony Type 3 Press the number buttons [0]-[9], [+], [-] to select the desired Harmony Type. For details, refer to the Harmony Type list on page 59. The effect and operation differs depending on the Harmony Type. Refer to the section on the right side. Hold down two keys. • Harmony type 13 to 19 (Tremolo) Keep holding down the keys. • Harmony type 20 to 26 (Echo) Play the keys. To adjust the Harmony Volume: This can be adjusted via Function number 027 (page 34). Applying Effects to the Sound This instrument can apply various Effects as listed below to the instrument's sound. Reverb Adds the ambience of a club or concert hall to the sound. Although the best-suited Reverb type is called up by selecting a Song or Style, you can select another one via Function number 020 (page 34). You can also set the Reverb depth via Function number 021 (page 34). Chorus Makes the Voice sound richer, warmer and more spacious. Although the best-suited Chorus type is called up by selecting a Song or Style, you can select another one via Function number 022 (page 34). Sustain By turning on the Sustain parameter of Function number 023 (page 34), you can add a fixed sustain to the keyboard Voices. Sustain can also be applied with the optional footswitch (page 11). 16 PSR-E343/YPT-340 Owner's Manual

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Playing a Variety of Instrument Voices
PSR-E343/YPT-340
Owner’s Manual
16
You can add harmony notes to the Main Voice.
1
Press the [HARMONY] button to turn
Harmony on.
If you don’t want to have a Harmony effect or har-
mony notes, press the [HARMONY] button again
to turn Harmony off.
Although turning on the Harmony will select a
Harmony Type suitable for the current Main
Voice, you can select a different Harmony Type.
2
Hold down the [HARMONY] button for
longer than a second until “HarmType”
(Functions 026; page 34) appears on the
display.
After “HarmType” is shown for a few seconds, the
current Harmony Type appears.
3
Press the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-]
to select the desired Harmony Type.
For details, refer to the Harmony Type list on page
59.
The effect and operation differs depending on the
Harmony Type. Refer to the section on the right
side.
To adjust the Harmony Volume:
This can be adjusted via Function number 027 (
page 34
).
This instrument can apply various Effects as listed
below to the instrument’s sound.
Reverb
Adds the ambience of a club or concert hall to the sound.
Although the best-suited Reverb type is called up by
selecting a Song or Style, you can select another one via
Function number 020 (
page 34
). You can also set the
Reverb depth via Function number 021 (
page 34
).
Chorus
Makes the Voice sound richer, warmer and more spa-
cious. Although the best-suited Chorus type is called
up by selecting a Song or Style, you can select another
one via Function number 022 (
page 34
).
Sustain
By turning on the Sustain parameter of Function num-
ber 023 (
page 34
), you can add a fixed sustain to the
keyboard Voices. Sustain can also be applied with the
optional footswitch (page 11).
Adding Harmony
GrandPno
001
This icon appears
when the [HARMONY]
button is pressed.
HarmType
Trio
02
Current Harmony Type
Hold for longer
than a second.
Applying Effects to the Sound
How to sound each Harmony Type
• Harmony type 01 to 05
Press the right-hand keys while playing chords in the
auto accompaniment range of the keyboard when
the Auto Accompaniment is on (page 17).
• Harmony type 06 to 12 (Trill)
Hold down two keys.
• Harmony type 13 to 19 (Tremolo)
Keep holding
down the keys.
• Harmony type 20 to 26 (Echo)
Play the keys.