Yamaha PSR-310 EN - Manual (Page 15)

Playing with Accompaniment
Playing along with the PSR-210 or PSR-310 Accompaniment can be exciting. The PSR-210 provides 50 and the
PSR-310 provides 100 popular and exciting Accompaniment Styles that can be used to provide fully orches­
trated accompaniment.
Selecting an Accompaniment Style
T To select an Accompaniment Style:
1. If the STYLE indicator is not lit, press the VOICE/STYLE
(/SOUND EFFECT) button once or twice so that it lights.
The number of the selected style will appear on the MULTI DISPLAY
when the STYLE indicator is lit.
2. Choose one of the Accompaniment Styles from the STYLE list
on the panel.
3. Enter its number using the NUMERIC or + and - SELECTION
buttons.
To select style number 05, for example, first press 0 and then 5. The number
“05” should then be displayed on the MULU DISPLAY.
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□ A different Accompaniment Style can be selected at any time while the
Accompaniment is playing. The style nLmbe>' display v/ill change as soon as
the selection is made, but the now style will begin playback from the next
measure. The tempo will not change when the new style begins playing.
□ Style number 01 is automatically selected as the default style when the Porta-
Tone is turned on.
Selecting an Accompaniment Mode
There are two (different Accompaniment moiies: Single Finger and Fingered. (See below.)
OVERALL CONTROL
TEMPO TRANSPOSE SPLIT POINT
IpBESEt)
T To select an Accompaniment mode:
Select Single Finger or Fingered mode by pressing the MODE
button as many times as necessary.
The indicator of the selected mode will light.
Single Finger Mode
Chord roots
To play a major chord:
Press the root key.
□ The root key is the note
that corresponds to the
chord's name.
The Single Finger mode provides the fastest and easiest means to produce
beautifully orchestrated accompaniment, by simply using one, or at most,
two or three fingers to play the chords.
□ The default Split Point in Single Finger Mode is D2.
▼ To play a minor chord:
Press the root key and
a black key to its left
simultaneously.
T To play a seventh chord:
Press the root key and
a white key to its left
simultaneously.
To play a minor-seventh chord:
Press the root key and
both a white and black
key to its left simulta­
neously.
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