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Selecting and Playing Styles Starting with an section First, press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button, repeatedly if necessary, to select which section (A or B) is to follow the Intro. Next, press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button to set the Intro to standby. INTRO≥A TEMPO 116 Indicates that Intro is on, and will be followed by the Main A section. To actually start the Intro section and accompaniment, press the [START/ STOP] button. Using Sync Start with an Intro section First, press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button, repeatedly if necessary, to select which section (A or B) is to follow the Intro. Next, press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. INTRO≥A TEMPO 116 Indicates that Intro will be followed by the Main A section. Finally, press the [SYNC START] button to enable Sync Start, and start the Intro section and style by playing any key in the ACMP section of the keyboard. Handclap icon flashes 3 Change chords using the auto accompaniment feature. Try playing a few successive chords with your left hand, and notice how the bass and chord accompaniment change with each chord you play. • The [ACCOMPANIMENT ON/ OFF] button can also be used to turn off and on the bass/chord accompaniment while playing - allowing you to create dynamic rhythmic breaks in your performance. • Chords played in the ACMP section of the keyboard are also detected and played when the accompaniment is stopped. In effect, this gives you a "split keyboard," with bass and chords in the left hand and the normally selected voice in the right. 45

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Selecting and Playing Styles
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Change chords using the auto accompaniment feature.
Try playing a few successive chords with your left hand, and notice how the
bass and chord accompaniment change with each chord you play.
Starting with an
section
First, press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button, repeatedly if necessary, to select which section (A or B) is to follow
the Intro.
Next, press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button to set the Intro to standby.
Using Sync Start with an Intro section
First, press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button, repeatedly if necessary, to select which section (A or B) is to follow
the Intro.
Next, press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button.
Finally, press the [SYNC START] button to enable Sync Start, and start the Intro section and style by playing any
key in the ACMP section of the keyboard.
INTRO
≥A
TEMPO
116
To actually start the
Intro section and
accompaniment,
press the [START/
STOP] button.
Indicates that Intro is
on, and will be fol-
lowed by the Main A
section.
INTRO
≥A
TEMPO
116
Indicates that Intro will be
followed by the Main A sec-
tion.
Handclap icon flashes
• The [ACCOMPANIMENT ON/
OFF] button can also be used to
turn off and on the bass/chord
accompaniment while playing —
allowing you to create dynamic
rhythmic breaks in your perfor-
mance.
• Chords played in the ACMP sec-
tion of the keyboard are also
detected and played when the
accompaniment is stopped.
In
effect, this gives you a “split key-
board,” with bass and chords in
the left hand and the normally
selected voice in the right.