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Specifying Chords with Your Right Hand while Playing Bass with Your Left Hand

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Specifying Chords with Your Right Hand while Playing Bass with Your Left Hand By changing the chord detection area from the left-hand section to the right-hand section, you can play a bass line with your left hand while using your right hand to control Style playback. 1 Call up the Split Point display. [FUNCTION]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [A] SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING  TAB [E] SPLIT POINT 2 Use the [1 ]/[2 ] buttons to set the CHORD DETECTION AREA to "UPPER." Split Point (STYLE) Split Point (LEFT) 2 Styles - Playing Rhythm and Accompaniment - LEFT Voice section (LOWER section) RIGHT 1, 2 Voices section (UPPER section) Chord section 2 With this setting, the whole right-hand (UPPER) section functions as the Chord section as well as for melody performance. In this condition, note the following points: • In the right-hand (UPPER) section, you can specify the chord type as you play the melody. • When the Manual Bass function is turned on via the [E] button, the Voice for the Bass part of the current Style is muted and assigned to the left-hand (LOWER) section. • The Chord Fingering setting (page 52) will be set to a specific type ("FINGERED*") automatically, in which case you should press three or more notes simultaneously to specify the chord. Pressing two or less notes does not change the chord type. • Split Point (STYLE) is unavailable. NOTE This type is basically same as "FINGERED," except that "1+5," "1+8" and Chord Cancel are not available. PSR-S970/S770 Owner's Manual 59

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PSR-S970/S770 Owner’s Manual
59
Styles – Playing Rhythm and Accompaniment –
2
By changing the chord detection area from the left-hand section to the right-hand section, you can play a bass line
with your left hand while using your right hand to control Style playback.
1
Call up the Split Point display.
[FUNCTION]
TAB [
E
] MENU 1
[A] SPLIT POINT/CHORD
FINGERING
TAB [
E
] SPLIT POINT
2
Use the [1

]/[2

] buttons to set the CHORD DETECTION
AREA to “UPPER.”
With this setting, the whole right-hand (UPPER) section functions as the Chord
section as well as for melody performance. In this condition, note the following
points:
•
In the right-hand (UPPER) section, you can specify the chord type as you play
the melody.
•
When the Manual Bass function is turned on via the [E] button, the Voice for the
Bass part of the current Style is muted and assigned to the left-hand (LOWER)
section.
•
The Chord Fingering setting (page 52) will be set to a specific type (“FIN-
GERED*”) automatically, in which case you should press three or more notes
simultaneously to specify the chord. Pressing two or less notes does not change
the chord type.
•
Split Point (STYLE) is unavailable.
Specifying Chords with Your Right Hand while Playing Bass with
Your Left Hand
2
Split Point
(STYLE)
LEFT Voice section
(LOWER section)
Chord section
Split Point
(LEFT)
RIGHT 1, 2
Voices section
(UPPER section)
NOTE
This type is basically same as “FIN-
GERED,” except that “1+5,” “1+8” and
Chord Cancel are not available.