Yamaha Portatone Musical Instrument Amplifier User Manual


 
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EZ Chord
The EZ Chord function is an exceptionally flexible and easy way to program
semi-automatic backing for your performances. It lets you record all
necessary chord changes for an entire song, and then allows you to “play”
each chord in the sequence you programmed by simply pressing a single
key in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard.
Besides being a convenient performance tool, EZ Chord is also ideal for
practicing right hand melodies and soloing techniques, since it lets you
easily produce the chord accompaniment with your left hand — allowing
you to concentrate on your right hand.
EZ Chord gives you eight separate banks (each of which contains up to 128
chord spaces) to which you can record chords. A special bank chain
function allows you to connect all banks, letting you switch automatically
from one bank to the next, without breaking up your chord progression.
2 Select the EZ Chord function.
Press the CHORD GUIDE button, repeatedly if necessary, until “EZ”
appears. The auto accompaniment is automatically turned on when
EZ Chord is selected.
EZ Chord — Playback
Once you’ve recorded your own EZ Chord bank (page 68), you can
play it back using the operation steps below.
However, you can try out EZ Chord on your own right now, without
having to record your own EZ Chord bank. Several chord progres-
sions have already been recorded to EZ Chord banks 1 and 2, letting
you try out this convenient feature and get some ideas on how to
best use EZ Chord in your own performances. (For your conve-
nience, the scores for factory-programmed banks 1 and 2 are given
on page 107.)
1 Call up the Style mode and select a style. Also
select an OTS setting, if desired.
Press the STYLE button and select the desired style with the numeric
keypad. (For more information on OTS, see page 72.)
DICTIONAR
Y
SMART
EZ
OFF
CHORD
GUIDE
EZ
1
STYLE
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT — THE STYLE MODE
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