Yamaha PSR-5700 Owner's Manual (getting Started) - Page 37

Expression & Effects I Sustain ON VOIC ORCH. 2v1 LEFT HARMONY SUSTAIN ORCH. HOLD 2 Press the [SUSTAIN] button to turn the sustain effect on or off. When on (indicator lit), extra sustain is applied to the selected voice. If a footswitch connected to the rear-panel SUSTAIN jack is pressed in order to apply sustain, however, the panel SUSTAIN function will be automatically turned off. Sustain can be applied to the ORCH. 1 voice only, the ORCH. 2 voice only, or both voices via the SUSTAIN ASSIGN function described on page 38 of the Advanced HINT Features manual. I Harmony ON VOIC ORCH. 2v1 LEFT HARMONY SUSTAIN ORCH. HOLD 2 The harmony effect can only be used when the AUTO BASS CHORD accompaniment mode is selected. Press the [HARMONY] button to turn the HARMONY effect on or off. When HARMONY is on (indicator lit), playing single notes or chords* on the right-hand section of the keyboard produces automatic harmony matched to the accompaniment chords. The type of harmony produced can be selected via the Harmony Type function described below. * The harmony is based on the top note of chords. Slight tempo delays may occur when harmony is used in conjunction with the ABC Fingered Chord mode. DETAIL G Harmony Type Selection To select one of the 16 different harmony types available for the HARMONY function: Z Press the [HARMONY TYPE] Button Select the HARMONY TYPE function from the normal play mode by pressing the [HARMONY TYPE] button (this is the same as the [t] display scroll button to the right of the LCD panel). HARMONY TYPE No. 1 A. B. C. MODE s Type=Basic - + :Duet - + < > TRANSPOSE/ TUNE t OCTAVE CHANGE HARMONY TYPE X Select a Harmony Type The right [-] and [+] buttons step through the harmony list one by one. For faster selection you can use the left [-] and [+] buttons to directly select the har- mony categories - Basic, Pop, etc. - and then use the right [-] and [+] buttons to select the desired harmony type within that category. The HARMONY TYPE mode ends automatically if neither of the [-] or [+] The Harmony Types are: buttons are pressed for approximately 10 seconds. 1. Basic : 2. Basic : Trio 3. Basic : 4Part Due4t . Pop 5. Pop 6. Pop 7. Pop 8. Pop 9. Pop : Octaves : PopRif. : Strings1 : Strings2 : SynthEns. : AddVocal 10. Jazz : 4WayClose 11. Jazz : 4WayOpen 12. Jazz : VibesEns. 13. Jazz : SaxEns. 14. Jazz : WindEns. 15. Jazz : Guitar 16. Classic : Strings I Left Hold ON VOIC ORCH. 2v1 LEFT HARMONY SUSTAIN ORCH. HOLD 2 36 This function causes the left-hand (ORCH. 2) voice to be held even when the keys are released when using the AUTO BASS CHORD and Split modes. Nondecaying voices such as strings are held continuously, while decay-type voices such as piano decay more slowly (as if the sustain pedal has been pressed). The LEFT HOLD function works only while AUTO BASS CHORD accompaniment is running. Further, LEFT HOLD is temporarily disengaged during ENDING variations DETAIL and INTRO or SOLO variations that have their own chord progressions.