Yamaha PSR-1700 Owner's Manual - Page 18

Selecting & Playing the Voices s Auto Harmony Auto Harmony is used with the Auto Accompaniment feature (see page 24). It automatically adds appropriate harmony notes to a single-note melody line you play on the keyboard. You can choose from 10 different types of harmony that can be assigned to the right-hand orchestration parts. NOTES • The Auto Harmony feature cannot be used when Auto Accompaniment fingering mode 5 "Full" is selected (page 28). ZTurn Auto Harmony ON ... HARMONY TYPE Press the [HARMONY] button so that its indicator lights. This turns Auto Harmony ON. NOTES • The HARMONY can't be engaged when Keyboard Percussion is ON. HARMONY XPress the [HARMONY TYPE] Button ... HARMONY TYPE HARMONY Press the VOICE control section [HARMONY TYPE] button. The number of the currently selected harmony type will appear on the LCD display panel. PSR-1700 Harm.=0-1:Duet PSR-2700 08:Showtune 001:GrandPno AccOff Harm.=0-1:Duet CSelect a Harmony Type ... -+ 012 Use the [+] and [-] buttons, the number buttons, the data dial, or the [HARMONY TYPE] button itself to select the desired effect. RESET The Harmony Types 01: Duet This harmony type produces a duophonic melody with the second voice below the melody line. If you turn both the R1 and R2 voices on (DUAL mode) the notes you play on the keyboard will be played by the R1 voice, and the harmony notes by the R2 voice. You can individually set the R1 and R2 voices and voice parameters as required. 02: 1 + 5 A parallel voice is produced a fifth above the melody voice. As in the Duet type, the R1 and R2 voices can be set individually in the dual mode. Similar to Duet, but the second voice is above the 03: Country melody line. The R1 and R2 voices can be set individually in the dual mode. 04: Trio This harmony type generates two voices in addition to the melody voice. Both of the harmony voices are assigned to R2 in the dual mode. 05: Block Three or four notes are added to the melody to produce four or five-note chords. In the dual mode the highest and lowest voices (always one octave apart) are assigned to R1, and the inner two or three notes are assigned to R2. 06: 4-way close 1 07: 4-way close 2 08: 4-way open 09: Octave 10: Strum Three harmony notes are generated to produce a four-note chord. If both the R1 and R2 voices are turned on (dual mode), the 1st (melody) and 3rd notes are assigned to R1 while the 2nd and 4th are assigned to R2. Similar to the preceding type, but depending on the chords played this type will sometimes produce a more colorful sound. The note assignment in the dual mode is also different: 1st and 2nd notes to R1, 3rd and 4th notes to R2. Four-note chords with open voice (large intervals between the notes). The result is a very "open" sound. Since the harmony notes can be as much as two octaves below the melody, avoid playing in the lower registers. With certain voices you might find that changing the octave (see "Octave" on page 14) results in better sound. In the dual mode the top (melody) note is assigned to R1 and all three harmony notes are assigned to R2. One note is added an octave below the melody. In the dual mode the melody is assigned to R1 and the lower note to R2. The notes and assignments are the same as in the Block type, but the notes are arpeggiated. 16