Yamaha P-S500 P-S500 Owners Manual - Page 25

Playing the Instrument Stand-alone Playing a Style with the auto accompaniment - [STYLE] The instrument features various accompaniment and rhythmic backing patterns (called "Styles") in a variety of different musical genres including pop, jazz, and many others. The Style features Auto Accompaniment which detects the "chords" automatically, and lets you produce automatic accompaniment playback simply by playing the keyboard. This lets you automatically recreate the sound of a full band or orchestra - even if you're playing by yourself. Styles 01 to 100 can be selected by using the instrument. 1 Press the [STYLE] button, and then use the [+] and [-] buttons to select the desired Style. Style category Style name Pressing the [STYLE] button repeatedly alternates the Style category. 2 Press the [3/+] (Start/Stop) button to start playback. To adjust the tempo, use the [TEMPO] button (page 26). 3 As you play the keyboard using both hands, the auto accompaniment changes along with your performance. By default, just playing anywhere on the keyboard using both hands as you like, the instrument detects the chords and plays the accompaniment along with your performance automatically. If you set the Chord Detection Area to "Lower" by using Smart Pianist, a specifically assigned left-hand section of the keyboard is used to specify chords, and chords played in this section are detected and used as a basis for automatic accompaniment with the selected Style. To restore the default setting, select "Full" as the Chord Detection Area. 4 After you finish your performance, press the [3/+] (Start/Stop) button to stop playback. P-S500 Owner's Manual 25