Yamaha PDP-400 Owner's Manual - Page 24

20 Auto Bass Chord (ABC) The PDP-400 includes a sophisticated autoaccompaniment system (Auto Bass Chord - ABC) that can provide automated rhythm, bass and chord backing in a number of ways. AUTO BASS CHORD FULL KEYBOARD SINGLE FINGER FINGERED MASTER VOLUME MIN MAX DEMO MIDI/ TRANSPOSE REVERB ROOM HALL 1 HALL 2 COSMIC FOOT SWITCH SOFT SOSTENUTO START/STOP SOLO STYLEPLAY AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT RHYTHM BASS CHORD 1 CHORD 2 MAX MAX MAX MIN MIN MIN AUTO BASS CHORD FULL KEYBOARD SINGLE FINGER FINGERED START/STOP SYNCHRO START INTRO/ENDING NORMAL VARIATION SOLO STYLEPLAY STYLE POP JAZZ ROCK DANCE POP POWER HOUSE 16BEAT BALLAD 16BEAT POP ROCK'N' ROLL 16BEAT SHUFFLE SLOW ROCK ROCK SHUFFLE BLUEGRASS COUNTRY SHUFFLE DISK STYLE 1 SWING JAZZ BALLAD BIG BAND BOOGIE BOSSA SAMBA CHA-CHA RHUMBA MARCH POLKA WALTZ JAZZ WALTZ DISK STYLE 2 BEAT METRONOME TAP TEMPO VOICE PIANO 1 8 ORGAN CLAVINOVA TONE E.PIANO HARPSI 2 9 CHOIR 3 0 UPRIGHT BASS 4 ELEC BASS VIBES GUITAR STRINGS SPLIT 5 DRUMS 6 7 VOICE 13-60 SONG NUMBER DISK ORCHESTRA / PERFORMANCE MEMORY SONG SELECT PHRASE REPEAT GUIDE / START/STOP RIGHT/1TR LEFT/2TR ORCH/3-10TR RHYTHM REW F F PAUSE REC CHORD SEQUENCE DISK CONTROL COPY FORMAT s Single-finger Accompaniment SINGLE FINGER accompaniment makes it simple to produce accompaniment using major, seventh, minor and minorseventh chords by pressing a minimum number of keys in the ABC section of the keyboard. The automatic accompaniment consists of rhythm, bass and chords. ZSelect SINGLE FINGER ... SINGLE FINGER Press the [SINGLE FINGER] button to select the SINGLE FINGER mode (the SINGLE FINGER indicator will light). XSelect a Style ...Select the desired accompaniment using the style selectors (see "Style Selection" on page 17). CSet the Tempo ...Use the TEMPO [v] and [w] buttons to set the desired accompaniment tempo if necessary (see "Tempo Control" on page 17). VPlay ...Pressing any key on the ABC section of the keyboard (up to the split point - normally the F#2 key) will cause the automatic chord and bass accompaniment to begin (synchro start is automatically selected in the ABC mode). If you press a "C" C key, for example, a C-major accompaniment will be played. Press another key in the ABC section of the keyboard to select a new chord. The key you press will always determine the "root" of the chord played (i.e. "C" for a C chord) . Cm NOTES • Automatic synchro start switching can be enabled or disabled via the utility 1 mode "Auto Synchro Start Switching" function, described on page 43. C7 q Playing Minor, Seventh, and Minor-seventh Chords in the Single- finger Mode Cm7 • For a minor chord, press the root key and a black key to its left. • For a seventh chord, press the root key and a white key to its left. • For a minor-seventh chord, press the root key and both a white and black key to its left. BStop the Accompaniment ... START/STOP INTRO/ENDING Press the [START/STOP] or [INTRO/ENDING] button to stop the accompaniment. NOTES • Press the [SINGLE FINGER] button so that its indicator goes out when you want to exit from the SINGLE FINGER mode.