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EUBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRXStep,@ACDEFGPQSTUVWBHRX3 ChordGuideDT,@ACFGPQSVW Playing chord progressions (songs) with just one finger The EZ Chord function gives you an exceptionally easy way to play the chords of a song. Simply press single keys in succession, and the PortaTone automatically plays the proper chords for you! q Enter the Style mode, then press the CHORD GUIDE button until "EZ. is shown in the display. STYLE 1EZ CHORD GUIDE DICTIONARY SMART EZ OFF ACMP ON 001 116TEMPO w Select an EZ Chord bank. STYLE 2EZ Continue pressing the same key each time you want a new chord to be played. Accompaniment section t Play the melody with your right hand as the auto accompaniment plays. e Start the auto accompaniment. P SYNCFF START START/ INTRO/ A STOP ENDING rit. r Press and release a single note on the key- board to play a chord. Want to find out more? See page 66. Recording your own EZ Chord banks You can also create your own custom chord progressions, and play along with those if you like. Want to find out more? See page 68. TEMPO TRANSPOSE TUNING ACMP/SONG VOLUME METRONOME VOLUME 001GrandPno VOICE STYLE 001 116 MEASURE TEMPO TOUCH USER PRESET METRONOME REVERB DUAL ACMP SYNCON/OFF START START/ INTRO/ A MAIN B STOP ENDING rit. AUTO FILL CHORD GUIDE DICTIONARY SMART EZ OFF RECORD 1 2 3 4 5 SONG TRACK 6~16 ce zzq xw HARMONY Use these keys for the Chord Guide Dictionary function. Keys for playing the accompaniment (C1 - F#2) Keys for entering the chord type Keys for entering the chord root (C3 - B4) (C5 - B5) 15 13

Section	Page
Cover	1
SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION/FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)/Entsorgung leerer Batterien (nur innerhalb Deutschlands)	2
PRECAUTIONS	3
Congratulations	4
Main Features	4
Contents	5
PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS	6
Front Panel	6
Rear Panel	7
SETTING UP	8
POWER REQUIREMENTS	8
TURNING ON THE POWER	8
ACCESSORY JACKS	9
Quick Guide -- How to Use Your New PSR-270 PortaTone 10	10
Step1 Voices	10
Step 2 Auto Accompaniment	12
Step 3 Chord Guide	14
Step 4 Songs	16
Step 5 Function Parameters	18
Step 6 MIDI	20
PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS	22
Music Stand	23
PORTABLE GRAND	24
PLAYING THE PORTABLE GRAND	24
USING THE METRONOME	24
Setting the Metronome Time Signature	25
Adjusting the Metronome Volume	26
PLAYING VOICES -- THE VOICE MODE	27
PLAYING A VOICE -- MAIN VOICE	27
About Panel Voices and GM Voices	29
Drum Kit Voice Chart (voices 101 - 110)	30
Function Parameters -- Main Voice	30
TRANSPOSE AND TUNING	32
Transpose	32
Tuning	33
PLAYING TWO VOICES -- DUAL VOICE	34
Function Parameters -- Dual Voice	35
PLAYING TWO VOICES -- SPLIT VOICE	36
Function Parameters -- Split Voice	37
ADDITIONAL VOICE FUNCTIONS -- VOICE SET AND TOUCH SENSITIVITY	38
Function Parameters -- Voice Set and Touch Sensitivity	38
EFFECTS	40
REVERB	40
CHORUS	41
DSP	42
HARMONY	43
Function Parameters -- Effects	44
Effect Types	45
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- THE STYLE MODE	47
SELECTING A STYLE AND PLAYING THE ACCOMPANIMENT	47
ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROLS	52
USING THE AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURES	52
CHANGING THE TEMPO	53
ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS (MAIN A, MAIN B AND FILL-INS)	54
ADJUSTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME	55
USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT -- MULTI FINGERING	56
Single Finger Chords	56
Fingered Chords	56
SETTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT SPLIT POINT	58
Function Parameter -- Accompaniment Split Point	59
WHAT IS A CHORD?	60
WRITING CHORD NAMES	61
The Intervals of the Scale	61
Other Chords	61
CHORD GUIDE	62
Dictionary	62
Smart	64
Smart Chord List	65
EZ Chord	66
EZ Chord -- Playback	66
Bank Chain	67
EZ Chord -- Recording	68
Recording a Space	69
Playing the Accompaniment During EZ Chord Recording	69
HINT -- Using Spaces	70
Clearing an EZ Chord Bank	71
ONE TOUCH SETTING (OTS)	72
ONE TOUCH SETTING -- USER	72
Recording a User One Touch Setting	72
Recalling a User One Touch Setting	73
Selecting a User Bank	73
ONE TOUCH SETTING -- PRESET	74
Selecting a Preset One Touch Setting	74
SELECTING AND PLAYING SONGS -- THE SONG MODE	75
SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG	75
CHANGING THE TEMPO	76
ABOUT THE BEAT DISPLAY	77
ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME	78
SONG RECORDING	79
RECORDING A USER SONG -- REALTIME RECORDING	80
Using the Metronome	81
Additional Operations	83
RECORDING A USER SONG -- STEP RECORDING	84
Recording Notes	85
Additional Operations	87
Replacing a Note or Rest	88
Entering Velocity Curves	89
Velocity Curve Chart	89
CLEARING A SONG	90
FOOTSWITCH	91
Footswitch Assign Functions	92
MIDI FUNCTIONS	93
WHAT iS MIDI?	93
Channel Messages	94
System Messages	94
MIDI Terminals	94
CONNECTING TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER	95
FUNCTION PARAMETERS -- MIDI	96
USING BULK DUMP SEND TO SAVE DATA	99
Saving Bulk Data	99
Loading Bulk Data	101
USING INITIAL SETUP SEND WITH A SEQUENCER	102
Sending Initial Setup Data	102
TROUBLESHOOTING	104
DATA BACKUP & INITIALIZATION	105
SPECIFICATIONS	106
SONG SCORES (EZ Chord banks 1, 2)	107
VOICE LIST	108
STYLE LIST	111
DRUM KIT LIST	112
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART	114

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Playing chord progressions (songs) with just one finger

Enter the Style mode, then press the

CHORD GUIDE button until “EZ. is shown

in the display.

Select an EZ Chord bank.

Continue pressing the same key each

time you want a new chord to be played.

Start the auto accompaniment.

The EZ Chord function gives you an exceptionally easy way to play the chords of a song.

Simply press

single keys in succession, and the PortaTone automatically plays the proper chords for you!

Play the melody with your right hand as

the auto accompaniment plays.

Recording your own EZ Chord banks

You can also create your own custom chord

progressions, and play along with those if you

like.

Want to find out more?

See page 68.

001 116

TEMPO

STYLE

ACMP ON

STYLE

Accompaniment

section

001

001 116

GrandPno

STYLE

VOICE

TEMPO

TRANSPOSE

TUNING

ACMP/SONG

VOLUME

METRONOME

VOLUME

TOUCH

DUAL

REVERB

HARMONY

METRO-

NOME

PRESET

USER

SONG TRACK

RECORD

DICTIONARY

SMART

OFF

CHORD

GUIDE

ACMP

ON/OFF

SYNC-

START

START/

STOP

INTRO/

ENDING

rit.

MAIN

AUTO FILL

6~16

MEASURE

TEMPO

Step 3

Chord Guide

Press and release a single note on the key-

board to play a chord.

Want to find out more?

See page 66.

Use these keys for the Chord Guide Dictionary function.

Keys for playing the accompaniment

(C1 — F

Keys for entering the chord type

(C3 — B4)

Keys for entering the chord root

(C5 — B5)

DICTIONARY

SMART

OFF

CHORD

GUIDE

SYNC-

START

START/

STOP

INTRO/

ENDING

rit.