Radio Shack 42-4058 - Manual (Page 10)

Using Aut
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automatically resumes at the end of the
current measure.
When you press another variation button
(
VARIATION/FILL-IN 2 while you are playing
variation 1, for example), the keyboard starts
to play the newly-selected variation and
does not insert a fill-in.
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To switch to the other variation of the
selected auto-rhythm during play, press
SYNCHRO/FILL-IN NEXT while the rhythm is
playing. The fill-in pattern of the current
variation plays, then fill-in of the other
variation, and the rhythm switches to the
other variation.
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To end the selected rhythm with a special
flourish, press
INTRO/ENDING 1 or 2 while
the auto-rhythm is playing. The keyboard
plays a special ending of the selected type
(1 or 2), then automatically stops the rhythm.
The ending pattern starts immediately if you
press the button before the second beat of
the current measure. If you press after the
second beat, the ending pattern starts from
the next measure.
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The 18 keys on the left side of the keyboard
with note labels above them are called
accompaniment keys.
You can set the keyboard to play three
different types of auto accompaniment using
the accompaniment keys.
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• Concert Chord — lets you play chords
on the accompaniment keys using
chord formations of from one to four
notes. The number of keys you press
determines the type of chord that plays
(see “Concert Chord”).
• Standard Fingering — lets you play
chords on the accompaniment keys
using standard chord formations of
three or four notes (see “Standard
Fingering” on Page 11).
• Full-Range Chord — lets you play the
melody using the entire keyboard while
the keyboard plays accompaniment
based on your auto-rhythm selection.
The auto-accompaniment patterns consist of
four parts: chord 1, chord 2, bass, and
rhythm. You can delete any of the parts by
using the mixer function. See “Using the
Mixer” on Page 12.
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The keyboard lets you adjust the volume of
your accompaniment separately from the
overall volume of the keyboard.
1. Press ACCOMP VOLUME . The current
accompaniment volume setting
appears.
2. Within 5 seconds, enter a number from
0 0 0 (softest) to 1 2 7 (loudest) on the
keypad. The numbers appear as you
press the keys.
Or, press ACCOMP VOLUME then
repeatedly press – or + to select the
next lowest or highest accompaniment
volume setting.
To reset the accompaniment volume to
its default value of 87, press
ACCOMP
VOLUME then press – and + at the same
time.
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The concert chord method lets beginning key-
board players easily select and play a chord.
The number of accompaniment keys you
press determines the type of chord that
plays. This chart shows the chord type that
plays when you press one, two, three, or
four accompaniment keys at the same time.
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Using Auto Accompaniment
• You can use the keyboard’s rhythm controls
(INTRO/ENDING 1 or 2, VARIATION/FILL-
IN 1 or 2, and SYNCHRO/FILL-IN NEXT)
with all three types of auto accompaniment.
• After you press the auto accompaniment
keys while using concert chord or standard
fingering, the keyboard plays the same
chord until you press other accompaniment
keys to play a different chord or press
START/STOP.
• When you select Concert Chord or
Standard Fingering mode, the range of the
accompaniment keys is set by the split
point. See “Using SPLIT” on Page 8.
Concert Chord
You can press any labeled note(s) to the right
of the lowest note in the chord to produce a
minor, a dominant seventh, or minor seventh
chord.
Accompaniment
Keyboard
Melody
Keyboard
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C D E F G A B C D E F
C D E F G A B C D E F
C D E F G A B C D E F