Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual - Page 32

Quick Guide Selecting and Playing a Style-Auto Accompaniment (ACMP) 5 As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the selected style starts. For this example, play a C major chord (as shown below). Split Point NOTE • The [START/STOP] button flashes in sync with the beat. The red color flashes at the first beat and the green color flashes at the other beats. Chord section 6 Try playing other chords with your left hand and play a melody with your right hand. For information on how to enter chords, see page 152 and the Chord Fingering Chart listed in the separate Data List booklet. The chord root/type specified with your left hand will be shown at the center of the Main display. 7 Press the [START/STOP] button to stop style playback. Chord section Try out some of the other styles... Category Style Name Comment Pop&Rock AcousticRock This style demonstrates a modern high quality production. Listen to Intro II leading into Main B to hear a realistic band sound of today. Ballad 16BeatBallad1 Ultimate realism is a main focus of Tyros2. Listen to the new Mega Tenor Sax in Intro III. Dance 70'sDisco1 No matter what genre, Tyros2 will deliver uncanny realism. Listen to the Disco Strings, Mega Brass and Mega Solid guitar in both Intro II and Intro III. You can play many 70's Disco favourites. Swing&Jazz OrchBigBand1 An authentic Big Band sound which has had a recent revival. Great for many Big Band/Jazz standards sung by some of the greats. Listen to the Brass shakes in Intro III. R&B BluesRock 70'sChartSoul This genre is also typical of the late seventies. If you sit back and close your eyes, it is tough to differentiate between a keyboard and the real thing. Listen to Intro III follwed by MainD. Another great R&B flavour. This really shows off the New Mega Tenor Sax and Mega Brass. Listen to both Intro II and Intro III. Country EasyCountry CountryShuffle Country music covers many different sound fields and styles. With EasyCountry you can hear a very typical laid back singer song writer image. Great for many standards. A typical sing-a-long country feel with a very high quality production. Listen to Intro III to hear a straight to point Country image. Latin BossaNova This style can be used for almost all bossa nova standards. Intro II demonstrates an unbelievable Mega Nylon guitar complete with slides and noises for extra realism. Intro III introduces the Sax but with a much softer tone. Ballroom EnglishWaltz Take your partner by the hand and dance the night away. The Ballroom category caters for all Ballroom dancing music to the highest level. Listen to both Intro II and Intro III. When you hear the Trumpets come in, you could be sitting in front of a real Ballroom Orchestra. Movie&Show BaroqueConcerto To show the versatlity of style genres, just play the Intros and Mains of this style. You're immediately taken into the 17th Century. Entertainer EuroPopOrgan A big Entertainment genre is that of the Euro organist of the 60's and 70's. This style is very versatile covering many songs, but this shows the power of Tyros2 whether you are listening to Orchestral realism or straight forward organ music. It's all unbelievable. World IrishHymn A great Celtic sound which has become very popular over recent years. Play either Intro which will take you on a journey to Ireland. This will also remind many of great movie scores. 32 Tyros2 Owner's Manual